Changes in the Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015

                                                                          Press Information Bureau

Government of India
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
10-August-2015 17:44 IST

The draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015 is still in consultation stage. The latest version of the draft Bill has been sent to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for their comments/suggestions. The Bill will be sent to the Cabinet Secretariat for introduction in the Parliament as soon as comments/suggestions from State Governments/Union Territory Administrations have been received.

The draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015 inter-alia includes a clause namely, “Recall of Vehicles”, wherein it is proposed that a manufacturer may be directed to recall motor vehicles of a particular type or its variants, if a defect in that particular type of motor vehicle may cause harm to the driver or occupants of such motor vehicle or other road users or a defect in that particular type of motor vehicle has been reported by such percentage of owners as the Central Government, may by notification, specify, and such defect may cause harm to the driver or occupants of such motor vehicle or to other road users.

The Bill has been drafted with the objective of having a better implementation tools and procedures.

This information was given by Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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