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This notification publishes draft rules to further amend the All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Rules, 2023, under the powers conferred by the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

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The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, through G.S.R. 630(E) dated 12th September, 2025, has published draft rules titled 'All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Amendment Rules, 2025'. These rules propose to amend the All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Rules, 2023, exercising powers under sub-section (14) read with sub-section (9) of section 88 and sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988). The draft is open for public objections and suggestions for a period of thirty days from its Gazette publication date, to be sent to the Additional Secretary (MVL) at comments-morth@gov.in. Key amendments include changes in rule 2(1) substituting 'rule 5' with 'rule 3' and inserting a definition for 'unpaid user fee' under the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. Rule 3(2) is amended to clarify the Transport Authority's jurisdiction to the State where the vehicle is registered. Rule 4(1) is substituted to allow electronic document inspection for valid vehicle documents (insurance, fitness, Pollution Under Control Certificate, paid tax, no unpaid user fee) and operator identity (Aadhaar, Corporate Identification Number, Goods and Service Tax Registration Identification Number), while rule 4(5) changes 'twelve' to 'fifteen'. A new rule 4A introduces general conditions for All India Tourist Permits, mandating journey commencement/ending in the home State with a maximum 45-day absence, prohibition from operating as a stage carriage, restrictions on passenger pickup/set down, mandatory vehicle location tracking devices and emergency buttons (as per Rule 125H of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989), and compliance with challans within thirty days. Rule 10 is updated to require tourist vehicle operators to upload origin, destination, and route particulars on the Vahan portal before each trip, allowing modifications 24 hours prior to departure. Furthermore, Form 1 is amended to include the applicant's address and identification details (Aadhaar/CIN/GSTIN), and both Form 1 and Form 2 are modified to include 'Seating or sleeper capacity, or combination thereof' details. The principal rules, All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Rules, 2023, were originally published via G.S.R. 302(E) dated 18th April, 2023.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-15092025-266165 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 586] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025/BHADRA 24, 1947 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th September, 2025 G.S.R. 630(E). -The following draft rules to further amend the All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit), Rules, 2023 which the Central Government proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (14) read with sub-section (9) of section 88 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Gazette of India, are made available to the public. Objections or suggestions, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary (MVL), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001, Email: comments-morth@gov.in. Any objection(s) or suggestion(s) which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government. DRAFT RULES 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Amendment Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication of the Notification in the Official Gazette. 2. In the All India Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Rules, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, in sub- rule (1),- (i) in clause (b), for the word and figure "rule 5", the word and figure "rule 3" shall be substituted; (ii) in clause (f), for the words "the Act.", the words "the Act;" shall be substituted and after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely,- "(g) "unpaid user fee" means the user fee payable by a vehicle for use of a section of a National Highway, where the Electronic Toll Collection Infrastructure has recorded the passage of such vehicle but has not received the applicable user fee under the provisions of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008, due to the vehicle not being affixed with a valid or functional FASTag, and a notice has been issued for the same indicating the of passage of such vehicle and the corresponding user fee required to be paid.". 3. In the said rules, in rule 3, in sub-rule (2), after the words "Transport Authority”, the words “of the State where the tourist vehicle to which the application relates is registered" shall be inserted. 4. In the said rules, in rule 4,- (i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely,- "(1) On receipt of an application under rule 3, the Transport Authority may inspect the documents electronically to ensure that: i. the vehicle has necessary valid documents such as certificate of insurance, certificate of fitness, Pollution Under Control Certificate and has paid the tax prescribed by the State or Union territory where the vehicle is registered and there is no unpaid user fee; and ii. the tourist vehicle operator or its director or a partner, as the case may be, has necessary valid documents such as Aadhaar or Corporate Identification Number or Goods and Service Tax Registration Identification number, to verify that such tourist vehicle operator has the residence or place of business in the State where the tourist vehicle is registered.". (b) in sub-rule (5), for the word "twelve", the word "fifteen" shall be substituted. 5. In the said rules, after rule 4, the following rule shall be inserted, namely, — "4A. General conditions attached to All India Tourist Permits. - The following shall be conditions of every All India Tourist Permit for the tourist vehicle to which such permit is granted, namely: (1) That the tourist vehicle shall: a. either commence its journey, or end its journey, circular or otherwise, in the home State, subject to the condition that the vehicle shall not remain outside the home State for a period of more than forty-five days to be monitored by the State Government through the Command and Control Centres or such other centre setup by the State or vehicle location tracking device manufacturers or any other agency authorised by the State Government; b. not be operated as a stage carriage; c. not pick up or set down passengers not included in the list of tourists prepared under rule 10; d. be fitted with a vehicle location tracking device and emergency button referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 125H of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989; and e. not have any challans related to offences and contraventions under the Act due beyond the time period of thirty days from the date of issuance of the challan, in physical or electronic form, except in case of offences instituted for prosecution by a court." Explanation. For the purposes of this rule, “home State” means the State which has granted the All India Tourist Permit." 6. In the said rules, in rule 10, in the marginal heading after "tourists", "and particulars of the route" shall be inserted and after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely,- "(1A) A tourist vehicle operator plying a tourist vehicle under the All India Tourist Permit shall upload the particulars of the point of origin, the destination and the States lying on the proposed route of such tourist vehicle, on Vahan portal, before the commencement of each trip. The destination and the route may be modified at any stage, but not less than twenty-four hours prior from departure."” 7. In the said rules, in Form 1, in the table, (i) after the row "Name of the applicant", the following row shall be inserted, namely, — “ Address of the applicant: (Aadhaar in case the applicant is an individual or Corporate Identification Number in case the applicant is a company or Goods and Service Tax Registration Identification Number in any other case.) " (ii) in column (6) for the words "Seating capacity", the words "Seating or sleeper capacity, or combination thereof" shall be substituted. 8. In the said rules, in Form 2, for the table, the following table shall be substituted, namely, — “ +-----+------------+--------------+--------------------------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sr. | Make of the| Registration | Date and validity of | Date and validity| Road Tax | Date of First | Seating or sleeper capacity, | | No. | Vehicle | No. | Fitness Certificate | of Insurance | paid up to | Registration | or combination thereof | +-----+------------+--------------+--------------------------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | +-----+------------+--------------+--------------------------+------------------+------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------+ " [F. No. RT-16017/2/2018-T] MAHMOOD AHMED, Addl. Secy. Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 302(E), dated the 18th April, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA Date: 2025 09.15 22:17:45+0530

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