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Cabinet backs move to legalise Rs. 1 m fee for vanity number plates | Daily FT

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What to know about Cabinet backs move to legalise Rs. 1 m fee for vanity number plates

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new regulations for reserving high-value vehicle numbers at a fee of Rs. 1 million each, aiming to generate non-tax revenue and meet public demand for premium registration numbers. The proposal was submitted by Transport, Highways and Urban Development Minister Bimal Rathnayake.

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What happened

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Why it matters

Nalinda Jayatissa The Cabinet of Ministers has approved submitting new regulations to Parliament for approval, paving the way for the reservation of high-value special vehicle numbers at a fee of Rs.

Common ground

The regulations relate to the reservation of special numbers issued by the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) for motor vehicles.

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The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new regulations for reserving high-value vehicle numbers at a fee of Rs. 1 million each, aiming to generate non-tax revenue and meet public demand for premium registration numbers. The proposal was submitted by Transport, Highways and Urban Development Minister Bimal Rathnayake.

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Claim 1: “The proposal to this effect was submitted by Transport, Highways and Urban Development Minister Bimal Rathnayake.”
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Claim 2: “The regulations relate to the reservation of special numbers issued by the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) for motor vehicles.”
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Wikipedia entries about motor vehicle departments are unrelated to the specific claim about DMT regulations. No direct evidence supports the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A department of motor vehicles (DMV) is a government agency that administers motor vehicle registration and driver licensing. In countries with federal states such as in North America, these agencies …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kerala Motor Vehicles Department, colloquially known as the MVD or Kerala MVD, is the motor vehicle law enforcement agency under the Transport Department of the Government of Kerala. It is respons…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) is an administrative court of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles that adjudicates non-criminal traffic violations (other than parking violations) in Ne…
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Claim 3: “The Cabinet of Ministers has approved submitting new regulations to Parliament for approval, paving the way for the reservation of high-value special vehicle numbers at a fee of Rs. 1 million each.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Cabinet approval of vehicle number regulations.
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Claim 4: “The revised regulations provide legal provisions to reserve special numbers up to and including 100,000 numbers issued for all motor vehicles, excluding motorcycles, motor tricycles, and motor tricycle vans.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about revised reservation regulations.
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Claim 5: “Earlier regulations governing fees for reserving special numbers up to 50,000 numbers, were published in an Extraordinary Gazette dated 5 October 2023.”
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Claim 6: “Amendments were introduced through Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2470/14 dated 5 January 2026.”
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