Overview
- The Delhi Cabinet approved local implementation of the Centre’s PARIVARTAN scheme on Monday, enabling targeted incentives to phase out BS‑IV and older commercial trucks and buses in Delhi‑NCR.
- Owners who scrap BS‑IV light goods vehicles (LGVs) and buy a new electric LGV will get 100% motor‑vehicle tax exemption for 10 years, a full registration fee waiver, a 5% interest subvention, an 8% OEM discount and a one‑time fuel‑voucher equivalent benefit.
- Buying a used electric LGV under the scheme carries a 50% tax exemption for 10 years plus the 5% interest subvention and the one‑time fuel benefit, and similar new‑vs‑used incentive tiers apply to medium and heavy goods vehicles.
- Buses covered by the plan must be replaced only with BS‑VI CNG or electric models and will receive the same financial incentives; the scheme also offers relief from older road‑tax and fitness penalties and allows some BS‑IV vehicles to be sold outside NCAP cities rather than be compulsorily scrapped.
- MoRTH will run the programme through a dedicated digital portal, about 2.07 lakh truck and bus owners are expected to be eligible, and the move aligns with Delhi EV Policy 2026 and NCAP goals to modernise the commercial fleet and cut transport emissions.