Maharashtra: High-Security Registration Plate car price varies from Rs 531 to Rs 879
Car owners will have to pay a fee ranging from Rs 531 to Rs 879 to affix High Security Registration Plates to vehicles registered before April 1, 2019, according to the Maharashtra transport department. Price includes GST and express lock charges.
The payment link for the transport department was opened on Wednesday.
The cost of applying HSRP for tractors and two-wheelers like motorcycles and scooters will be Rs 531, Rs 590 for three-wheelers like auto-rickshaws, and Rs 879 for vehicles with four or more wheels like cars, buses, trucks, tanks, tempos, and trailer.
For installation of HSRPs on old vehicles registered before April 2019, the state transport department has made the appointment available on its website and a dedicated web page.
The website has also mentioned the HSRP prices of various types of vehicles including bifurcations.
As bifurcated, excluding GST, the cost of each HSRP plate of 200mm x 100mm and 285mm x 45 mm size for two-wheelers and three-wheelers will be Rs 219.9, while the plates are 500mm x 120mm and 340mm x 200mm in size. four or more wheels will cost Rs 342.41.
The cost of snap locks and third registration tag, excluding GST, will be Rs 10.18 and Rs 50, respectively, for all types of vehicles.
The GST component of the HSRP will be Rs 81 for two-wheelers and tractors, Rs 90 for three-wheelers, and Rs 134.10 for four or more vehicles.
Even old vehicles, registered before April 1, 2019, will be fitted with HSRPs on the front and rear sides and a third registration sticker on the front windows, except for two-wheelers and tractors, as stipulated under Motor Vehicle Rule 50. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
In line with GST, the prices include the cost of non-removable snap locks for tractors and two-wheelers, and for three-wheelers and four or more vehicles, the price includes the cost of a third registration sticker, which will be placed on the front window of all vehicles.
RTO sources said 18 percent GST will be applicable on HSRP rate.
For old vehicles registered before April 1, 2019, the Maharashtra Transport Commissioner’s Office has set a deadline of March 31, 2025, for affixing HSRPs and appointed three agencies, after a lengthy tendering process, to carry out the work.
Authorities issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the new registration plates a day before the new Maharashtra government was sworn in in December.
To prevent vehicle theft and to bring uniformity in vehicle identification, inclusion of these number plates was made mandatory for vehicles registered in Maharashtra before April 2019, and the onus was on the manufacturers to install them.
Made of a rare aluminum alloy, the HSRP consists of a retro-reflective film with the confirmation text ‘India,’ a chromium-based Ashok Chakra hologram, a hot-stamped letter IND in blue, and a laser marking of the digits 10 of the unique serial. number, making it tamper-proof.
According to the SOP, the vehicle owner is responsible for getting the HSRP and the third registration sticker installed by March 31, 2025.
Enforcement authorities (District Transport Offices and police) are authorized to take legal action and levy fines for non-compliance under Section 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, after the March 2025 deadline expires.
The Transport Commissioner’s office has appointed three agencies to undertake the work of installing new registration plates at three locations across Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government in August 2023 invited tenders for the installation of HSRPs in over two million vehicles registered before April 1, 2019.
According to HSRP tender documents, around 2.10 million vehicles, including 1.62 crore two-wheelers and 33 lakh four-wheelers, were registered in Maharashtra between 2008 and 2019.
Each agency should set up HSRP recording and installation centers at different locations based on vehicle numbers. They will also make software or applications for appointments, payments, and handling complaints.
Vehicle owners will have to book an appointment for HSRP installation at least two days in advance, and the agencies need to have the HSRP plates ready by then, the SOP said.
