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There has been a five time increase in the charges for registration of vehicles as well. While the registration of a bike will cost Rs 300, the applicant will have to pay Rs 600 for registering his car. Earlier, a bike’s registration cost only Rs 60, while for car it was Rs 200.

For commercial taxis, the registration charges will be Rs 1,000 while for a mini-bus, the charges are Rs 1,000. For registration of trucks and buses, the charge is Rs 1,500. Rs 200 will be charged extra if the registration certificate (RC) is in a smart-card form.

ARTO Rachna Yaduvanshi said that the new rates will be effective by Monday after a software update in the transport department.“We received the order on Friday afternoon. The software has old rates fed into it as of now. We will ensure it gets fixed by Tuesday. Till then, we will manually collect the remaining charges,” she said.