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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 94]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2026/MAGHA 14, 1947
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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY
[PART II-SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd Febuary, 2026
G.S.R. 99(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 sub
section (g) of 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 shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of
thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette, are
made available to the public;
The Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Additional Secretary
(MVL), email: comments-morth@gov.in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan,
Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.
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.
Draft Rules
1. Short title and title and Commencement: (1) These rules may be called as Central Motor Vehicles (....Amendment)
Rules, 2025.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
3. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), for rule 126, the following shall
be substituted, namely:
"126. Prototype of every motor vehicle to be subject to test.-
On and from the date of commencement of Central Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Rules, 1993, every manufacturer or
importer of motor vehicles including Agricultural Tractor, Construction Equipment Vehicle, Combine Harvester, Power
Tillers, Trailers, semi-trailers and Modular Hydraulic Trailers, including registered association (identified by concerned
State Transport department) for E-rickshaw, shall submit the prototype of the Vehicle to be manufactured or imported
by him for test by the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment of the Ministry of Defence of the Government
of India or Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, or the Central Farm Machinery Testing and Training
Institute, Budni (MP), or the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, or the Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune,
or the International Centre for Automotive Technology, Manesar, or the Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and
Testing Institute, Hissar (for testing of Combine Harvester), or the Global Automotive Research Centre, Chennai, or the
National Automotive Test Tracks (NATRAX), Indore, or the Southern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing
Institute, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh (for testing of Power Tiller) and such other agencies as may be specified by the
Central Government for granting a certificate by that agency as to the compliance of provisions of the Act and these
rules.
Provisol
Provided that all the testing agencies specified in this rule, shall establish compliance with the quality standard,
specifically AIS (Automotive Industry Standard), within one year from the date of publication of such standards under
this rule, and the testing agencies to be notified under this rule shall be in compliance with the standard from the date of
notification of such standards or date of application under this rule, whichever is later:
Proviso 2
Provided further that for the purpose of accreditation, registration and regulation of testing agencies under this sub-rule,
the quality control and procedure prescribed in AIS notified under this rule shall be followed:
Proviso 3
Provided also that the procedure for type approval and certification of motor vehicles for compliance to these rules shall
be in accordance with the AIS: 017-2000, as amended from time to time, or procedure laid down by the Central
Government, if any and information on technical specifications shall be submitted by the vehicle manufacturer in
accordance with AIS-007(Rev.5):2014, as amended from time to time:
Proviso 4
Provided also that altered, retrofitted or adapted motor vehicles shall be tested and type approved by the testing agencies
specified in this rule, or self- certified by original equipment manufacturers, or self-certified by the work-shops
authorized by the State Government, in accordance with section 52 of the Act and rules made thereunder:
Proviso 5
Provided also that in respect of vehicle manufacturer, importing into India unused completely built units (CBU) or
completely knocked down units (CKD) of right hand steering control vehicles, directly or through their authorised
representative, up to 2500 units of M 1 or L category of vehicles, as the case may be and up to 500 units of other
categories of vehicles annually, compliant with international standard, namely EEC or ECE or Japanese, the compliance
of such vehicle shall be deemed to be established for sale and registration under rule 47, by a certificate of compliance
for the relevant standard issued by an authorised agency or accredited certifying agency:
Proviso 6
Provided also that, for all imported L and M1 category gasoline-fuelled vehicles equipped with positive ignition engine,
the vehicle manufacturer in addition to whole vehicle type approval certificate as per EEC, ECE, or Japanese standards
shall provide a Type-I exhaust emission compliance report performed on E20 reference fuel (as per IS:17943 as
amended from time to time), issued by an authorized test agency listed in the Rule 126 of the Central Motor Vehicle
Rules, 1989, or by an authorized test agency issuing vehicle type approval certificate as per EEC, ECE, or Japanese
standards, performed on emission test cycle applicable in international standard, namely EEC, ECE or Japanese and
such. Further the vehicle manufacturers along with the said report shall submit a declaration for material compatibility
for E 20 fuel to the authorized test agency:
Proviso 7
Provided also that the procedure for type approval and certification of agricultural tractors shall be in accordance with
AIS-017(Part 2) (Rev.2): 2016 standard as amended from time to time:
Proviso 8
Provided also that in respect of unused right-hand steering control vehicles compliant with the international standard
namely, EEC or ECE or Japanese, imported into India as completely built units (CBU),for the purpose of personal use,
demonstration, testing, research or scientific work, the compliance of such vehicles shall be deemed to be established
for registration under rule 47, by a certificate of compliance for the relevant standard issued by an authorised agency or
accredited certifying agency:
Proviso 9
Provided also that the construction equipment vehicles (CEV) may have steering control on either of the side:
Proviso 10
Provided also that the administrative procedure to deal with corrigendum, amendments or revisions to Automotive
Industry Standards (AIS), Type Approval Procedures 115/116, Indian Standards (IS) and International Organisation for
Standardisation (ISO) standards, which are notified under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, shall be in accordance
with AIS-000:2013 as amended from time to time:
Proviso 11
Provided also that prototype of truck bodies may be submitted for testing and type approval to engineering colleges
specified by the State Government or the State Road Transport Undertakings duly approved by the State Government.”
[F. No RT-11028/09/2025-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
G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide G.S.R. ....(E) dated the ..
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