Haryana fixes vehicle age limits in NCR

The Haryana Government has fixed the age of tourists and other vehicles operating in the National Capital Region under Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993. These rules will be called the Haryana Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2025. Haryana Cabinet, under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, accorded approval to the proposal in this regard in Chandigarh on Monday. As per the amendment, vehicles operating with All India Tourist Permits in the National Capital Region-NCR region will be allowed to operate for 12 years if they run on petrol or CNG, whereas diesel vehicles under the same permit category will be permitted for a maximum of 10 years. For non-NCR areas, All India Tourist Permit vehicles running on petrol or CNG and diesel will also have a maximum operational age of 12 years.

For all other permits, including stage carriage, contract carriage, goods carriage and school buses in the NCR region, maximum permissible vehicle age has been fixed at 15 years for vehicles operating on petrol, CNG, electric or other clean fuels. However, for diesel vehicles operating under these permit types, the maximum age has been fixed at 10 years. For non-NCR areas, all other permits, including stage carriage, contract carriage, goods carriage and school buses running on petrol, CNG, electric or other clean fuels and diesel will have a maximum operational age of 15 years. The Cabinet has taken a total of 19 decisions and the winter session of the state assembly will begin from December 18.