Our Key Activities
CMVR Type approvals of following categories of vehicles / components and equipment
- Two, three and four-wheeled vehicles
- Vehicles running on CNG / LPG, Alternate fuels
- Construction Equipment Vehicles
- Battery Operated Vehicles, E rickshaw, E cart
- Agricultural Tractor
- Gensets
- Bus Body Construction
- Truck Body Construction
- Ambulance Code
- Motor Caravan
- Vehicular Crash
- Fuel Efficiency of Vehicles
Export Homologation
- ARAI provides support for export Homologation to countries, such as, Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Nepal & GCC
- ARAI has a tie-up with various testing / certifying agencies for European homologation services
Regulatory Support to Government of India
- Central Motor Vehicle Rules – Technical Standing Committee (CMVR-TSC):
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- CMVR-TSC is constituted by Govt. of India in the year 1997. This Committee advises MoRT&H on various technical aspects related to CMVR and plays a major role in development and implementation of the Safety Regulations for vehicles and auto components in India. ARAI provides Technical Secretariat service to CMVR-TSC.
- Automotive Industry Standards Committee (AISC):
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- AISC is set up under CMVR-TSC by MoRTH in the year 1997 with an objective to formulate safety standards for vehicle, systems & components and review existing standards for amendments and recommend their implementation. ARAI provides Secretariat to deal with technical issues deliberated under AISC.
- World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29):
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- National Standing Committee on WP.29 was formed in 2003 to deal with the subjects under discussion, in WP.29. ARAI provides the technical secretariat to the committee as well as to the different working Sub-Groups identified to deliberate on technical subjects under consideration in respective groups, viz., GRRF, GRPE, GRSG, GRSP, GRB, and GRE, under WP. 29 of UN ECE, Geneva.
Publishing of Automotive Industry Standards, Upgradation / Amendments
Since the formation of AISC, ARAI has published a total of 173 AIS standards & several amendments to AIS as of March 2016 covering the wide range of subjects for different categories of motor vehicles.