Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has earned more than rupees five crore from the online auction of fancy registration number and advance registration number booking of vehicles in the first six months of this fiscal, an official of the Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) said Friday.
The State government earned Rs 5.45 crore from auction of fancy numbers (Rs 1.07 crore) from 338 people and advance booking of vehicle registration numbers (Rs 4.38 crore) from 5,389 vehicle owners, the official informed.
The Regional Transport Office (RTO), Bhubaneswar-I collected the highest revenue (Rs 1.04 crore) followed by RTO Cuttack (Rs 63 lakh) and ARTO Barbil (Rs 46 lakh).
The Transport Department had introduced online auction of fancy registration number and advance registration number booking system since June 2016.
Any person intending to participate in the online auction will have to register his/her name and select the choice of number during the bid registration period from the first to seventh of each month.
The online bidding is open from the eighth to 15th of the month and the highest bidder is allotted the number, the official said.
Meanwhile, the online auction is now available for 61 notified numbers in four categories.
The owners can book choice numbers other than the fancy numbers in advance throughout the month on a first-come first-serve basis for Rs 5,000 for two-wheelers and Rs 10,000 for vehicles other than two-wheelers.
For both ‘Auction’ and ‘Advance Booking’ processes, the owner has to open ‘Fancy Number Booking’ link under ‘Online Services’ in https://parivahan.govin website.
