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Microdots in vehicles to prevent thefts and check fake spare parts
Invisible microdots will now come affixed on vehicles and their parts to prevent theft as well as to check fake spare parts, the government said on Monday. The government issued a draft notification for amending the Motor Vehicles Rules. "The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification GSR 521(E) ... amending Central Motor Vehicle Rules, allowing motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies to be affixed with permanent and nearly invisible microdots that can be read physically with a microscope and identified with an ultraviolet light source," the ministry said in a statement. Microdot technology involves spraying the body and parts of the vehicle or any other machine with microscopic dots, which give a unique identification. Use of this technology will help check the theft of vehicles and also the use of fake spare parts. "The microdots and adhesive will become permanent fixtures/affixation which cannot be removed ...
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Ashish Aggarwal & Pratik Datta: Lay down the ground rules of operation
The three-member committee set up by the Centre to suggest a policy framework for cab and other transport operators should identify market failures and then use the power of the state to draw up regulations for the taxi industry of the 21st century
Govt unveils IT-based solution for transport sector
Hopes to curb road accidents, traffic congestion and long queues at toll plazas
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Bengal-Bihar sign MoU for stregthening inter-state bus service
Under the new agreement 1,200 new buses will ply on 45 routes
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