You moved house, but your RC still shows your old address. The Motor Vehicles Act expects you to report the change within 30 days of moving. Filing a change address in RC online is straightforward: the prescribed application is Form 33, and you submit it through the Parivahan Sewa portal. Here is the process, the…
If you run a goods vehicle across state borders, the national permit is the single document that lets it operate throughout India without a separate permit from every state. Applying for a national permit online is done through the Parivahan portal’s VAHAN services and the home-state RTO, using Form 46 and Form 48, with a…
A vehicle permit check online lets you verify whether a commercial vehicle holds a valid permit, what type of permit it is, how long it is valid, and which areas it is authorised to operate in. Every commercial vehicle in India, from goods trucks and tourist taxis to contract buses, must carry a permit issued…
The mParivahan app is the official mobile app of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, built by the National Informatics Centre, and it puts your digital RC, driving licence, challan check, PUC status and vehicle lookup in one place. Developed by the government, the app pulls live data from the national VAHAN and Sarathi…
You can do a road tax check online by vehicle number on the official Parivahan portal, where the “Pay Your Tax” service shows your vehicle’s tax details, amount paid, and validity period. Road tax is a state subject in India, so the exact payment portal, tax rates, and validity rules differ by state, but the…
Paying the same e-challan twice, or watching money leave your account while the challan still shows “pending”, is stressful. Here is the reassuring part: an e-challan payment refund is a real, established process in India. Duplicate and failed payments on the Parivahan portal are generally reversed through the payment gateway back to your bank account,…
You can run a fitness certificate check online on the Parivahan portal, where the VAHAN record shows the current fitness validity date for any registered vehicle. This guide explains how to check fitness status online, how long fitness lasts for commercial and private vehicles, the Form 38 renewal process, and the penalties for running on…
Your car’s Registration Certificate (RC) is valid for 15 years from the date of first registration. Once those 15 years are over, the RC does not renew itself, and driving on an expired RC is illegal. The good news is that you can handle most of the rc renewal online process on the Parivahan portal:…
Your last car EMI went through months ago, yet your RC still shows the bank’s name under “Hypothecated To.” You own the car outright, but on paper the lender still has a claim on it. That leftover entry can delay resale, block transfers, and create paperwork headaches at the worst possible moment. The fix is…
If your job moves you across states, you know the pain: new RTO, new registration number, road tax paid again, and a long fight for a refund from the old state. The bh series number plate was introduced to end exactly that cycle. It is a pan-India registration category that stays with your vehicle wherever…