Explained: Delhi govt order on colour coding of registration plates

All you need to know about the new hologram-based stickers that are now mandatory on NCR roads

The Delhi government on Tuesday came out strongly advocating the use of high-security registration plates. All you need to know:

• In August 2018, the Supreme Court of India accepted the proposal of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to have hologram-based, colour-coded stickers for vehicles plying in Delhi-NCR which would indicate the nature of fuel used in them.
• In October, 2018, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had asked the national capital region (NCR) states to implement the apex court's order on colour-coded stickers on vehicles.
• MoRTH had said that hologram-based light blue stickers would be used in vehicles using petrol