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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-27092025-266490
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 630]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025/ASVINA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd September, 2025
G.S.R. 714(E). — The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules,
1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 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 will be taken
into consideration after the expiry 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;
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules before
the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Central Government.
3. Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary (MVL, Transport
& Road Safety), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001
or on the email: comments-morth@gov.in;
Draft Rules
1. Short title and commencement. — (1)These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles (..........
Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their final publication
in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred as the said rules), in rule 120, after sub-rule (2), after
the second proviso following new provisions shall be inserted, namely: -
"Provided also that, on and after 1st October 2026 in case of new models and 1st October 2027 in case of
existing models, electrified vehicles of category M and N shall be fitted with Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System
(AVAS) meeting requirements with regard to audibility as specified in AIS-173, as amended from time to
time."
3. In the said rules, in rule 138, in sub-rule (4), in item (a),
For the words and figures "M1" substitute the words and figures "M1, L5, L7, E-rickshaw and E-cart".
[F. No. RT-11036/103/2025-MVL]
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. 889(E), dated the 16th September, 2020 and lastly amended vide Notification number
........... dated............
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