New cars to cost more in Delhi - MCD plans parking fee hike

Cesc · 25th January 2011, 09:19

Today's newspapers carried an article about MCD hiking (in fact boosting with rocket fuel is more like it) the parking fee which a buyer has to pay while registering his vehicle.

For cars costing between 4 and 10 lakhs the parking fee is to be raised from 4k to 10k. For cars above 10 lakh it will be 20k.

Coming on the heels of hikes in fuel prices and steep increase in road tax (courtsey CWG), owning and driving a vehicle in Delhi is becoming an increasingly costly affair.

Link to the article on TOI's site:

The Times of India on Mobile

shankar.balan · 25th January 2011, 09:59

Personally I think Delhi/ NCR have had a long holiday as compared to chaps in Bombay/ Thane/ Karnataka etc and it is about time this came to an end.

Cost of vehicles is less. Cost of Fuel etc is also less. Taxes, Excise etc are also at lower rates.

Why should there be a difference in pricing between the Union Territories and the rest of India?

Ideally there should be a parity in pricing for vehicles as well as fuel across the country - One India - One Price should be the norm as is the case with all other consumer goods - be they branded foodstuffs, groceries or apparel or whatever - everything is subject to an MRP law in this country, except vehicles, fuel and so on.

Unless this kind of parity comes in, it will always remain unfairly skewed in favour of some state or other.

The move to levy a Parking Charge/ Congestion charge is a good one and should be followed by other cities/ states too, to reduce the load and encourage people to use public transportation more often. However, before the rule comes in, the other cities and states should accelerate and make available, alternate means of safe, good quality transportation for the public.

BuRnT RuBbEr · 25th January 2011, 10:13

Considering how MCD works and the quality of roads, I'd rather want all my road tax, parking tax refunded. they can keep the registration charges upkeep of vehicle records.

this hike in parking tax is only going to go into salary hikes for councilmen.

25th January 2011, 09:19	#1
Cesc BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 515 Thanked: 158 Times	New cars to cost more in Delhi - MCD plans parking fee hike Today's newspapers carried an article about MCD hiking (in fact boosting with rocket fuel is more like it) the parking fee which a buyer has to pay while registering his vehicle. For cars costing between 4 and 10 lakhs the parking fee is to be raised from 4k to 10k. For cars above 10 lakh it will be 20k. Coming on the heels of hikes in fuel prices and steep increase in road tax (courtsey CWG), owning and driving a vehicle in Delhi is becoming an increasingly costly affair. Link to the article on TOI's site: The Times of India on Mobile
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25th January 2011, 09:59	#2
shankar.balan Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 5,524 Thanked: 1,436 Times View My Garage	Re: New cars to cost more in Delhi - MCD plans parking fee hike Personally I think Delhi/ NCR have had a long holiday as compared to chaps in Bombay/ Thane/ Karnataka etc and it is about time this came to an end. Cost of vehicles is less. Cost of Fuel etc is also less. Taxes, Excise etc are also at lower rates. Why should there be a difference in pricing between the Union Territories and the rest of India? Ideally there should be a parity in pricing for vehicles as well as fuel across the country - One India - One Price should be the norm as is the case with all other consumer goods - be they branded foodstuffs, groceries or apparel or whatever - everything is subject to an MRP law in this country, except vehicles, fuel and so on. Unless this kind of parity comes in, it will always remain unfairly skewed in favour of some state or other. The move to levy a Parking Charge/ Congestion charge is a good one and should be followed by other cities/ states too, to reduce the load and encourage people to use public transportation more often. However, before the rule comes in, the other cities and states should accelerate and make available, alternate means of safe, good quality transportation for the public. Last edited by shankar.balan : 25th January 2011 at 10:01.
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25th January 2011, 10:13	#3
BuRnT RuBbEr BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: DL 1 Posts: 367 Thanked: 9 Times	Re: New cars to cost more in Delhi - MCD plans parking fee hike Considering how MCD works and the quality of roads, I'd rather want all my road tax, parking tax refunded. they can keep the registration charges upkeep of vehicle records. this hike in parking tax is only going to go into salary hikes for councilmen.
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