Now the vehicles made in Nepal will be registered and named

The Transport Management Department has amended the Transport Management Procedures Guideline 2060 and has made arrangements for the registration of vehicles made in Nepal and manufactured in Nepal.
The Department of Transportation has issued a notification and informed that the procedural guidelines have been amended and from now on, vehicles made in Nepal and produced in Nepal can be registered.

In the revised traffic management procedure manual, new vehicles made in Nepal, registration, auction registration, naming, etc. are covered.

In the procedure manual it is mentioned that ‘regardless of what is written in this manual, the customs declaration of such vehicles will not be required for purposes such as new registration, transfer registration, modification registration, auction registration, re-registration and name transfer of vehicles assembled in Nepal or manufactured in Nepal.

Similarly, in the second point of the directive it is mentioned that, for the registration, transfer registration, alteration registration, auction registration, re-registration and naming of vehicles assembled or produced in Nepal, the assembly or manufacturing company shall submit the value added tax declaration instead of the customs declaration and the vehicle attracting excise duty provisions according to the prevailing law. It has been mentioned that it has been arranged to submit the excise duty clearance form as well.

After this amendment made by the Department of Transport Management in the Transport Management Procedures Guide 2060, the way for registration, re-registration, auction registration of vehicles made in Nepal has become easier.

SC orders the government not to increase the tax on electric vehicles

April 26-Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has ordered the government not to increase the tax on electric vehicles (EVs) in the financial bill for the next financial year.

The joint bench of Supreme Court Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla and Sushma Lata Mathema issued the order in the name of the government and directed the government to properly implement the laws and policies designed to promote the use of electric vehicles and control air pollution from the transport sector.

In order, it is mentioned that the people have the right to live in a clean and pollution-free environment, demanding to promote the production and use of clean renewable, and green energy while gradually reducing dependence on fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel. In the order, it is also mentioned that the tax rate should be set only after taking necessary precautions.

37 electric buses of Sajha Yatayata have been stuck for 4 months without any service

April 26- Kathmandu- Due to the lack of charging stations, 37 electric buses of sajha yatayat have been stuck for 4 months without any service.

Even though 3 out of the 40 buses purchased by Sajha Yatayat are operating with chargers in their own premises, 37 buses are still stuck without service.

Kanakmani Dixit, Chairman of Sajha Yatayat Cooperative, has said that charging depots are necessary for running all buses, and despite repeated requests to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, the land has not been available for bus charging depots.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has been blaming the Sajha Yatayat mismanagement saying that, ‘Why didn’t they make a plan on how to operate those buses before they buy ?’