The Punjab Excise Department is making big changes to how it issues computerized number plates for vehicles, which includes ending the government monopoly and allowing other companies to participate in the manufacturing and distribution process. This change comes after many people complained and it became hard for the government to handle the large number of plate orders.
Over the past three years, the government has collected fees from about three million vehicle owners in the province, but a lot of people still did not get their number plates for months or even more than a year. So, the government decided to change things.
Now, instead of just one government monopoly being responsible for manufacturing and distribution of number plates, they will let different companies and institutions participate in the production process. Furthermore, you will not have to pay for new computerized number plates anymore, taking burden off the vehicle and motorcycle owners.
The goal is to make it easier for people to register their vehicles and not burden them with extra fees. The Excise Director General, Faisal Fareed, is making sure this change is successful. They have stopped collecting fees for new or duplicate number plates immediately.
This new system will create competition among companies, which is good for people because it could make number plates cheaper. But there are still problems to solve. There are millions of number plates waiting to be made, and it’s going to take time to catch up. In the past, the government tried to update the system, but it did not work well because of arguments over fees.
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