The Bagmati Province government has doubled all types of driving license fees including application, new license, renewal, and category addition fees for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Bagmati Province government has announced a massive increase in driving license fees. Through the ‘Economic Bill, 2083’ introduced to implement budget for the fiscal year 2083/84, the government doubled the costs for everything. This includes license applications, getting new licenses, renewals, and adding new categories. These new charges will start applying from the upcoming fiscal year.
Huge Jump in Application and License Fees
Currently, people have to pay Rs. 500 when applying for driving license of any category. But now, they will have to pay Rs. 1,000 for the application.
The fee for getting a new license and renewing old one is also doubled. For motorcycle and scooter (Category A/K), the fee is increased from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 3,000. For light vehicles like car, jeep, van (Category B), tempo and auto-rickshaw (Category C), and power tiller (Category D), the fee is raised to Rs. 4,000 from earlier Rs. 2,000.
Similarly, for tractor (Category E) and minibus or mini truck (Category F), the fee is now Rs. 5,000 which was Rs. 2,500 before. For heavy vehicles like truck, bus, lorry (Category G), road roller and dozer (Category H), crane, fire engine, loader (Category I), and excavator, backhoe loader, and girder (Category J), the new license and renewal fee is increased from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 6,000.
Ten-Year License Validity and Category Addition Fees
The province government have also made a rule that the validity of both new and renewed driving licenses will be 10 years for all categories of vehicles.
Besides this, the fee for adding a new category to an existing license is also doubled. For adding categories from A to F, the fee is increased from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000. Likewise, for adding categories from G to J, the fee has been increased from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000.
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