How To Apply For BH Series Registration: Bharath (BH) Series Plate Launched In India With Nation-Wide Validity

However, the company has to have offices in four or more States or UTs to become eligible for the new BH Series vehicle registration plate.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is offering centralized vehicle numbers under the new series plate. This allows free movement of personal vehicles across any state of India upon relocation to a new state.

According to a government circular, the format for the BH Series plate will be YY BH #### XX

• YY: Year of first registration
• BH- Code for Bharat Series
• ####- 0000 to 9999 (randomized)
• XX- Alphabets (AA to ZZ)



As mentioned earlier, this vehicle registration facility under "Bharat Series (BH-Series)" will be available on a voluntary basis to Defense personnel, employees of Central Government/ State Government/ Central/ State Public Sector Undertakings and private sector companies/organizations, which have their offices in four or more States/Union territories.



Under the BH Series, the motor vehicle road tax will be paid once in two years for 14 years from the date of registration. After completion of the fourteenth year, the motor vehicle road tax is paid annually, which will be half of the amount which was charged earlier for that vehicle.



Here is how you can apply for one

During the registration of vehicle:

1. If the applicant working for the private sector, he/she should have a From 60 attached to the vehicle registration document.

2. If the applicant working for the government sector, he/she should attach the Official Identity Card to the vehicle registration document.



Apart from this, the applicant has to pay the road tax for two years depending on the invoice price excluding GST. Here is how much you'll have to pay under the BH-Series registration.



Invoice Price	Tax Percentage
Below Rs 10 lakh	8%
Rs 10-20 lakh	10%
Above Rs 20 lakh	12%



Additionally, diesel vehicles will be charged 2 per cent extra, while electric vehicles will be charged 2% less tax



All applications will be processed via the online portal with numbers generated randomly. The BH-Series plate will be having black text on white background.



MoRTH is yet to announce the procedure completely to apply for the registration of the BH-Series plate in India. However, the procedure should remain the same for new & old vehicles with old ones getting the road tax back on a pro-rata basis.



What was the rule earlier for the inter-state relocation of vehicles?

Based on the existing law, private vehicle owners can use the vehicle in a new state with the old state registration for 12 months. They are required to re-register with the new state within 12 months after relocating. A passenger vehicle user takes the following steps to re-register a vehicle.



• No Objection Certificate from the Parent State for assignment of a new registration mark in another state.
• Assignment of new registration mark after the road tax on a pro-rata basis is paid in the new State
• Application for refund of the road tax in the parent State on a pro-rata basis.



This provision to get a refund from the parent State on a pro-rata basis is a very cumbersome process and varies from one State to another. As a result, the new BH-Series plate is being introduced to remove the pain points in the inter-state relocation of vehicles.



Thoughts About The Bharath (BH) Series Plate Launched In India

Re-registration of the vehicle while moving to another state is one of the pain points in the vehicle registration process that needed attention. As a result, the new BH-Series will allow free movement of vehicles for employees relocating to other cities regularly. However, the tax for the BH-Series plate will still have to be paid on a biennial basis for the 14 years of registration.