DLOn-road prices for Delhi updated 2 Sept 2026
Changes road tax, registration and the on-road budget.
Rates effective 1 Jul 2026 · last updated 2 Sept 2026
Assumptions
- Rates are for a vehicle registered in an individual's name. A company-registered vehicle is taxed at a higher rate and is not modelled.
- CNG and strong/plug-in hybrid vehicles are taxed at the petrol rate. The Delhi schedule surcharges diesel only, and the 2026 EV policy gives hybrids no concession.
- The one-time MCD parking charge is included at Rs 2,000 at or below Rs 4 lakh ex-showroom and Rs 4,000 above it. No gazette or fee order for the tariff could be located - it is prescribed through a Union Urban Affairs Ministry notification rather than by the Delhi Transport Department, which collects it on the municipal corporations' behalf. The amount is therefore corroborated rather than cited: contemporary reporting names Rs 4,000 as the rate in force, and the 2026-09-02 pricing validation found Delhi dealer quotes for a Rs 6.59 lakh car charging exactly Rs 4,000 over our computed road tax. It is included because excluding it made Delhi - the default jurisdiction - understate every real quote by that amount. Replace this with the fee order if one is ever obtained.
- A battery electric vehicle priced above Rs 30 lakh gets no state exemption (EV Policy 2026 clause 4.7.3) and pays the ordinary rate for its price band, with no diesel surcharge. The central registration-fee exemption for battery-operated vehicles is a separate instrument and still applies.
Sources
- Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1962 (consolidated) — Schedule I Part B, substituted by notification F.19(52)/Tpt./Sectt./2010/2502 dated 9 June 2010
- Delhi Transport Department tax-rate schedule — the additional 25% on diesel vehicles
- Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy, 2026 — gazette JC/EV/TPT/2026/02/281 dated 30 June 2026, in force 1 July 2026, clauses 4.7.1-4.7.3
- Delhi Transport Department citizen charter (smart card and postal charges)
- MCD one-time parking charge tariff — no fee order located; prescribed via a Union Urban Affairs Ministry notification, collected by the Delhi Transport Department for the municipal corporations
- Business Standard, 22 Dec 2018, and Outlook India — both name Rs 4,000 as the existing one-time parking charge for a private car; the proposed Rs 6,000-75,000 revision and the earlier 2019 revision were not brought into force
- Empirical corroboration — doc/api/pricing/validation-2026-09.md, six-state on-road validation, 2026-09-02
Tata Motors Altroz
Pure AMT CNG
₹8.70L
₹9.49L
On-road₹9,49,159breakdown
Delhi state taxes
₹60,899Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1962 — Schedule I Part B
Rs 6-10 lakh
Paid at the RTO
₹4,830Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, Rule 81 — G.S.R. 714(E), 4 Oct 2021
Collected by the state transport office; the rate is the same in every state.
CMVR Rule 81, new non-transport light motor vehicle
Ex-showroom above Rs 4 lakh. Levied on battery electric vehicles too - it is a municipal parking charge, not a motor vehicle tax, and no EV concession applies to it.
Insurance
₹13,440MoRTH G.S.R. 394(E), 25 May 2022 (third-party tariff) · IRDAI circular 158/09/2018 (accident cover) · GST notification 11/2017-CT(R) (18%)
Premiums are paid to your insurer, not to a government. Only the tariff is notified.
Engine 1000-1500 cc
Rs 15 lakh cover at the notified Rs 750 per annum
Motor insurance is taxable at 18%, on the whole premium
# Additional, and not part of the on-road price above. Dealer quotes often bundle own-damage cover and may read higher. TCS is creditable against your income tax.
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