Jammu Tawi, Feb 16: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) Jammu has disclosed its revenue figures from August 2019 to August 2022, in response to an RTI.
During this period, the RTO generated a total revenue of Rs 7,47,394,266 from various fees, including registration, driving license, fitness, route permit, fines/challans, and miscellaneous charges, it reveals.
The breakdown of revenue generation is as: Registration fee: Rs 379,062,516; Driving License fee: Rs 217,650,392; Fitness fee: Rs 383,262,607; Route permit fee: Rs 41,597,601; Fine/Challan: Rs 68,646,290; and Misc.: Rs 2,074,860.
The RTO collected Rs 4,324,633,844 from token tax, Rs 83,351,600 from passenger tax, and Rs 1,714,400 from accidental welfare funds during the same period.
The data also reveals the number of new vehicle registrations and route permits issued by the RTO.
From August 2019 to March 2020, the Region Transport Office Jammu registered 35,633 new vehicles. From April 2020 to March 2021, over 39,174 new vehicles were registered by the Regional Transport Office Jammu. From April 2021 to March 2022, over 46,221 new vehicles were registered by the Regional Transport Office Jammu. From April 2022 to August 2022, as many as 20,026 new vehicles were registered by the Regional Transport Office Jammu.
From August 2019 to March 2020, the Region Transport Office Jammu issued 42 new route permits, which included 12 State Carriages, 26 Goods Carriages, and 4 PSV (School Vehicles). From April 2020 to March 2021, 92 new permit routes were issued, which included 3 State Carriages and 89 Goods Carriages.
From April 2021 to March 2023, the Region Transport Office Jammu issued 473 new route permits, which included 116 State Carriages, 345 Goods Carriages, and 12 PSV (School Vehicles). From April 2022 to August 2022, 381 new permit routes were issued, which included 2 State Carriages, 314 Goods Carriages, and 65 PSV (School Vehicles).
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