Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
For smooth implementation of the VLT system all enlisted VLT device manufacturers/ Vehicle OEM dealers/ Authorized dealers/ RFCs are hereby requested to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
Opening of a new Office/ Unit of the Public Vehicles Department at Upen Banerjee Road, Beside Behala Airport, Kolkata in addition to one at Kasba and other at Bidhannagar (Salt Lake).
The existing fares of Meter Taxi (Contract Carriage) shall be fixed as per Schedule given below. New fares shall take effect from 11.06.2018.
Government of West Bengal, Motor Vehicles Procedure Manual Covering a) Forms and Office Procedure b) Taxes and Fees c) Offenses and Penalties.
Bike-taxis shall be used as a Contract Carriage. The service provider shall develop an app for the use of the hirer which should be informative in all respects.
Set of directives to regulate the operational activities of the On-Demand Transportation Technologies Aggregators (ODTTA) in exercise of powers under Section 93 of the M.V. Act, 1988.
Application for the Grant or Renewal of Learner’s Licence, Licence to Drive a Motor Vehicle, Addition of a New Class of Vehicle to a Driving Licence, Renewal of Driving Licence.
Motor cycles can be registered as contract carriages in West Bengal and permits issued by RTA, provided the operator obtains a licence in terms the Rent A Motor Cycle Scheme, 1997.
The ODTTA must not own or lease any vehicle, employ any driver or represent itself as a taxi service, unless also registered as a taxi operator under the applicable law(s).
Motor vehicles which are more than fifty years old and are only driven for taking part in a vintage car rally, are exempted from payment of motor vehicle tax /additional tax.