Full Text
REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-29072025-265053
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 456]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025/SHRAVANA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd July, 2025
G.S.R. 499(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.
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.
3. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, (herein after referred as the said rules), in rule 62, in sub-rule (1), in
item (ba), for the words "three years", the words "One year” shall be substituted.
4. In the said rules, in rule 62, after sub-rule (1), in the existing proviso after the words "fitness certificate" the
words "of all transport vehicles including e-rickshaws and e-carts” shall be inserted.
5. In the said rules, in rule 62, after sub-rule (1), after the existing proviso, in the table, after item (20), the
following item (21) shall be inserted namely:-
+----+----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
+====+============================+=====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================+
| (21) | Maximum speed for E-rickshaw and E-cart | No | No | No | No | Yes | The vehicle shall be driven in unladen condition (with full charge and at full accelerator position) on straight or flat road and when the vehicle attains full speed, the maximum speed shall be calculated by measuring time taken to travel fixed distance (say 50 meters). The maximum speed of the vehicle shall not be more than 25 km/h. |
+----+----------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
6. On and after 1st April 2026, in the said rules, in rule 100, in sub-rule (1), after the words "every motor vehicle",
the words "including E-Rickshaw and E-cart" shall be inserted.
7. On and after 1st April 2026, in the said rules, in rule 101, in sub-rule (2), item (iii) shall be substituted with the
following namely:-
"(iii) AIS-045, as amended from time to time, in the case of Quadricycles, E-rickshaw
and E-carts"
8. On and after 1st April 2026, in the said rules, in rule 117, in sub-rule (1), the words “or an E-rickshaw or E-cart or
a vehicle" shall be omitted.
9. On and after 1st April 2026, in the said rules, in rule 117, after sub-rule (1), in the third proviso after the words
"thirty kilometers per hour" the words "excluding E-rickshaw or E-cart" shall be inserted.
10. In the said rules, after rule 125-Q, the following rule shall be inserted namely:-
"125-R. Specific requirements for E-Rickshaw and E-carts. - On and after 1st April 2026, all manufacturers of E-
rickshaw and E-cart, as part of the type approval procedure, shall undergo an audit of their manufacturing
facilities and process, to establish quality control. The audit shall be done by the test agency, undertaking the type
approval process of E-rickshaw and E-cart.
Provided that for a manufacturer possessing a valid IATF certification or equivalent, the scope of audit shall be
limited to document verification only.
(2) All e-rickshaw/e-carts manufactured on or after 1st April, 2027, shall be fitted with lithium ion battery packs
and performance requirement of the same shall be as per AIS-156 (Part 1) and (Part 2), as amended from time to
time.
[F. No. RT-11036/109/2024-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
G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide G.S.R. .....(E) dated the ..........................................
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.