Centre should convene meeting of states to decide common rates of traffic-challans
It refers to several state-governments including BJP-ruled Gujarat heavily cutting down amounts of traffic-challans for various types of traffic-violations in view of exorbitant rates decided by central government with Union Minister for Road Transport not in a mood to respond to stiff opposition to steep hike in challan-amounts.
Undoubtedly challan-amounts enforced decades back, had lost relevance, and needed reasonable increase. But it was also unfair to have such a steep hike. Traffic-challans for normal traffic-violation could be increased to rupees 500 to earlier rupees 100 also to reduce chances of corruption. It is significant that even earlier lower amounts of traffic-challans were drastically reduced in frequent lok-adalats.
Instead of having different amounts of traffic-challans by different states, Centre should convene meeting of all the states to reach common rates of traffic-challans in the manner GST-rates are decided by taking in confidence all the states.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL