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Motor Vehicle Amendament Bill

The Bill is aiming to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and address issues around third party insurance, regulation of taxi aggregators, and road safety.
It links driving licence and vehicle registration with Aadhaar-based platform. The move comes in the wake of de-duplication of licenses and registration of stolen vehicles.
It has further introduced penalty of ₹10,000 for not providing way for emergency vehicles.
It removes the cap on liability for third party insurance.
It proposes to create a National Register for Driving Licence and a National Register for Vehicle registration through “Vahan” and “Sarathi” platforms. This is in order to smoothen the process of registration and licensing.
It proposes alterations in vehicles, in order to make them suitable for specially-abled people.
It provides for a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, which would provide compulsory insurance cover to all road users in India for certain types of accidents.
It provides for a National Road Safety Board, to be created by the Central Government through a notification. The Board will provide advice to the Central and State Governments on all aspects of road safety and traffic management...
Contractors, consultants and civic agencies will be accountable for faulty design, construction or poor maintenance of roads leading to accidents. Those found guilty would be penalized up to Rs 1 lakh.
A time limit of six months has been specified for an application of compensation to the Claims Tribunal with regard to road accidents.