New Delhi: The Union government has extended the validity of vehicle documents till June 2021, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This has been stated in an advisory to States issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
The validity extends to documents eligible under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. These include the fitness, permit, driving licence, registration and other documents, whose validity could not be renewed due to the lockdown and have expired since 1 February, 2020, or would expire by 31 March, 2021.
The previous extension announcement came in December 2020 allowing for the same documents to be valid till 31 March, 2021.
The latest extension now confirms that documents of vehicles that would expire before, or by 30 June, 2021 shall be deemed valid till the date.