Overview
- The transport department directed all PUC centres to upload emission-test clips in the prescribed VAHAN format and on NIC’s AI-based PUCC Software 2.0, clearly showing the vehicle, number plate and surroundings.
- Inspections found centres submitting missing or unclear videos, and officials warned that non-compliance will invite strict action against defaulting facilities.
- At a meeting on Tuesday chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta, the government began shaping a PUC 2.0 model with larger, centralised centres built around real-time, sensor-based assessments.
- Officials said the overhaul under consideration seeks to reduce human intervention with robotics and remote sensing and to extend automated testing from commercial to non-commercial vehicles.
- The reform drive follows a CAG report that flagged rampant lapses, including thousands of improper passes and certificates issued in under a minute, and Delhi currently has 919 authorised centres across depots, RTOs and petrol pumps.