MoRTH Amends MV Rules Mandating Adherence to AIS-155 to Enhance Vehicular Security

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New Delhi : Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) notified GSR935 (E) on December 18, 2019, regarding  Automotive Industry Standards (AIS)-155 in respect of Microdot identifiers affixed  on  the motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies through amendment in Rule 92 of the Central Motor vehicles (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules 1989. Microdots will enhance the security of vehicles.

As per a new notification, “ The Manufacturers who are affixing microdot identifiers in the motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies, shall conform to Automotive Industry Standards (AIS)-155 as amended from time to time.” The Central Motor vehicles (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2019, comes into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

The draft rules to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, vide notification of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, on July 24, 2019, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby. The objections and suggestions received in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government; before notifying the amendments, according to a PIB release.