Vehicle Scrapping Facility Registration (RVSF Licence)

The registration authority appointed by your state government issues it, under the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. In most states this sits with the transport department. Since 1 April 2025, the same facility must also register with the State Pollution Control Board under the End-of-Life Vehicles Rules, 2025. We handle both tracks together, so neither one holds up the other.

The application fee is ₹1 lakh per facility, and you also furnish a bank guarantee of ₹10 lakh per facility. Both are set by the 2021 Rules, though a state can prescribe its own processing fee. Pollution board consent fees are separate and depend on the state and project cost. Your bank will need the guarantee in a set format, and we coordinate that with the bank early.

It is valid for 10 years and can be renewed for another 10 years at a time. Renewal depends on your compliance record, so quarterly returns, VAHAN entries and pollution consents need to stay in order. Your consent to operate has its own validity under the state board and must be renewed separately. We keep one calendar for all of these dates, so nothing expires unnoticed.

It is the digitally signed certificate an RVSF issues when an owner hands over a vehicle for scrapping. It is generated through VAHAN and is proof that ownership has passed to the facility. The owner presents it when buying a new vehicle to claim a motor vehicle tax rebate, up to 25% for non-transport and 15% for transport vehicles, plus a registration-fee waiver. The certificate is tradable, so it holds value for the owner.

Yes. The rules allow any legal entity, including an individual, firm, society or trust, to own and operate an RVSF, provided it holds PAN and GST registration. Many applicants still prefer a company or LLP, because banks look at the balance sheet before issuing a ₹10 lakh guarantee and funding the plant. We help you pick the structure that suits your funding plan.

They add an environmental layer from 1 April 2025. An RVSF applies to the State Pollution Control Board in Form 5 and files quarterly returns in Form 3 by the 30th of the following month. It also keeps records of every vehicle received and the weight of each waste stream. Producers meet their targets by buying EPR certificates generated by RVSFs. Clean records are what make those certificates saleable.

The registration authority must dispose of the application within 60 days of filing. Before that, you need the land, layout and pollution board consents in place, which usually takes longer than the RVSF application itself. We start the consent work as soon as the site is fixed, so both files move in parallel.

Yes. Under the ELV Rules, 2025, an owner must deposit an end-of-life vehicle at an RVSF or a collection centre within 180 days of it becoming an end-of-life vehicle. Bulk consumers owning more than 100 vehicles also register with the SPCB and file an annual return by 30 June. For an RVSF, these rules steady the flow of vehicles into the yard.