New rates for driving licence

Fee of driving licences, driving tests, fitness tests and other services will go up with the Central government issueing a gazette notification to this effect and Telangana government issuing an order.

As per the Gazette, the fee for a learner’s licence will be increased from `30 to `150 with an extra charge of `50 for driving test. Earlier, no charges were collected from the learners for driving test. Earlier, the RTA used to collect `30 for each class of vehicle – `30 for only two-wheeler and `60 for two-wheeler and four-wheeler together. Now, the motorist will have to pay `300 in case of two-class of vehicle.

The driving licence fee including the driving tests will be `475 for single-class and `525 for two-class of vehicles. As per the GOI’s gazette, the fee will be increased to `500 and `800. The international driving permit fee will be increased to `1,000 from `700.

The renewal of driving licence fee will be increased by four times from `50 to `200. If the application for renewal is made after the grace period, the fee imposed will increase to `300.

The 22nd Central Motor Vehicle Rules will be a burden on school buses and other contract carriage driving licenses. Presently, the fee for the issue or renewal of licence to a school or establishment for imparting instructions in driving is `2,500 which will increase to `10,000. Duplicate licence in this category presently cost `2,500 that will be increased to `5,000.

The vehicle registration fee also will be increased from one to three times compared to existing charges.