This decision comes after the first increase in 13 years in PUC certificate fees for gasoline, CNG, and diesel cars, from ₹20 to ₹40, was made by the Delhi government.
It is currently not feasible to operate the PUC centers, the DPDA stated on Sunday.
According to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot, the new prices will go into force as soon as the government notifies them.
‘Horribly insufficient…’: Petroleum vendors relationship on cost climb
As per the DPDA a few PUC focuses have previously given their licenses due over to functional unviability.
“The overseeing panel of the Delhi Petroleum Vendors Affiliation has in this manner set out to close PUC focuses at their retail outlets across Delhi from July 15 considering erratic and horribly deficient climb in PUC certificate rates, which won’t in any capacity relieve the misfortunes of the sellers in working the PUC focuses,” the affiliation said in an explanation.
DPDA makes sense of expansion in functional expenses
The DPDA had recently required a conclusion of PUC focuses from July 1 — following “eight years of communicating worries over its unviability to the vehicle division and pastor.”
The affiliation said that climb is simply 35% however the functional costs have expanded on numerous occasions.
It said that compensation alone have significantly increased from 2011 to 2024 and oil promoting organizations are charging weighty rents, which was not the case beforehand.
‘Rising functional costs challenge PUC focuses’
The DPDA likewise featured other functional expenses of the PUC focus that have definitely expanded throughout the course of recent years.
The affiliation said the cost to client was before a multiple times when a contrasted with the ongoing expense as PUC certificate recurrence has diminished from once a quarter to once a year because of changes in confirmation standards for BS-IV or more vehicles.
This change has prompted an income decrease by 75%, as indicated by the affiliation.
DPDA calls government’s climb estimation inconsistent
The Clergyman of Transport for Delhi had recently consented to the DPDA’s requests in a gathering.
The public authority proposed a 75% climb in light of the expansion record with basic interest, driving the DPDA to concede their strike.
In any case, they were subsequently educated regarding increments of ₹20, ₹30, and ₹40 for various portions, averaging just a 35% climb.
The DPDA expressed that there is no premise or legitimization for this estimation and that the figure was shown up at randomly.