Delhi govt will soon make PUC certificate mandatory for fuel at filling stations.

What is PUC Certificate?

• The PUC certificate is a document that any person driving a motor vehicle can be asked to produce by a police officer in uniform authorized by the state government.
• These issue certificates if a vehicle is found complying with the prescribed emission norms.
• Since the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 came into force, PUC certificate has been made mandatory.
• A PUC certificate contains information such as the vehicle’s license plate number, PUC test reading, date on which the PUC test was conducted and the expiry date.

How is a pollution control check carried out?

• The computerized model for pollution check was developed by the Society of Indian Automobile manufacturers.
• A gas analyzer is connected to a computer, to which a camera and a printer are attached.
• The gas analyzer records the emission value and sends it to the computer directly, while the camera captures the license plate of the vehicle.
• Subsequently, a certificate may be issued if the emission values are within the limits.

Fines for non-compliance

• The test costs between Rs 60 and Rs 100.
• The validity of the test is one year for BS IV vehicles and three months for others.
• The fine for PUC violations has now gone up to Rs 10,000; it used to be Rs 1,000 for the first offence and Rs 2,000 for subsequent violations before the amendments came into force.

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