Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) bill on July 31, 2019. The bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 . The new set of laws are meant to increase road safety by encouraging people to obey traffic laws. Traffic fines have been increased heavily under this rule and few new fines have been made. Here are some key points to keep in mind: 1. For breaking any general traffic rules earlier 100 rupees was fined but now it has been increased to 500 rupees. 2. Travelling on a bus without a ticket used to incur a fine of 200 rupees, which has been increased to 500 rupees. 3. The fine for not obeying traffic officials used to be 500 rupees, which have been increased to 2000 rupees. 4. The fine for driving without a license was 500 rupees, which have been increased to 5000 rupees. 5. The fine for breaking the speed limit was 400 rupees which have been increased to 1000 rupees for LMV (light motor vehicles) and 2000 rupees for MMV (medium moto
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