CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Even before the vehicle scrappage was announced, the Supreme Court had banned the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the national capital on October 29, 2018. The National Green Tribunal had issued an order in 2014 which barred vehicles older than 15 years to be parked in any public area.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Calcutta HC had in 2008 ordered phasing out of only 15-year-old commercial vehicles in Kolkata Metropolitan Area. Private vehicles were kept out of the ban purview..

Detailed explanation-3: -Any vehicle which is 15 or more years old, owned by governments, in the centre or state, Union Territories, public sector undertakings, municipal bodies or any organisation owned or controlled by the government, will have to retire, the new rule states.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2008, Calcutta High Court ordered a ban on commercial vehicles run on diesel or petrol attaining 15 years of age. For the first time, the transport department has proposed phasing out of private vehicles that are over 20 years old to the NGT.