How to Get a PUC Certificate for Your Vehicle Online & Offline?

• A car pollution certificate indicates that your car meets the relevant environmental standards and that its emissions are within the permissible limits.

• To get your car emission certificate, you must take your car to an authorised centre for an emission test.
• You can download your existing PUC certificate from the official Parivahan website. The website also helps you find your nearest RTO-approve PUC centre.

From running errands to travelling inter-city, driving makes your travel convenient and comfortable. However, every coin has two sides. Each time you drive your car, its emissions contribute to air pollution.While driving has become a necessity, you can always keep this emission under check by obtaining a car pollution certificate. In this blog, we talk in detail about this certificate, why is it important, and how you can obtain it.

The car pollution certificate or the car emission certificate is known as the PUC certificate. PUC stands for Pollution Under Control.This certificate states that your car meets the necessary environmental standards and that its emissions are within the permitted limits.You must know that your car needs to undergo an emission test, post which you receive your car pollution certificate.Do note that you must take your car to the nearest RTO-approved PUC centre for this test.

You can get the car emission certificate simply by visiting an RTO-approved PUC centre. You can find the nearest centre on the Parivahan website.

• Step 1: Visit the official Parivahan website.
• Step 2: Next, go to the ‘Online Services’ tab and select the ‘PUCC’ option.
• Step 3: Navigate to the ‘PUC Centre List’ option.
• Step 4: You will see a drop-down list. Choose the ‘State’ and ‘Office’ for the nearest RTO-approved PUC centre.

You can get the car emission certificate simply by visiting an RTO-approved PUC centre, which you can find as explained above. On the other hand, you can visit the website to download your existing car pollution certificate.Let’s take a look at both of these processes.

Take your car to the authorised PUC centre and follow the instructions of the centre’s operator. Here is what is likely to happen there.

• Step 1: Go to a licenced emission testing centre in your locality.
• Step 2: The centre operator will place a testing device inside your car’s exhaust pipe to analyse the exhaust emission.
• Step 3: The operator will generate the PUC certificate with the relevant details.
• Step 4: Make the applicable fee payment and collect your car pollution certificate.

Note : You can get the car emission certificate at a fuel station with an emission testing centre, an authorised emission testing centre with computerised testing equipment, and a licenced standalone emission testing centre.

The process to download the PCU certificate is straightforward. However, you must know that you can download only your existing certificate and you cannot renew or apply for a new certificate online.Follow these general steps to download the certificate:

• Step 1: Visit the official Parivahan website.
• Step 2: Navigate to the ‘Online Services’ tab and select ‘PUCC’.
• Step 3: Next, go to the ‘PUC Certificate’ option.
• Step 4: Enter your car’s registration number, the last five characters of your chassis number, and the verification code.
• Step 5: Click on ‘PUC Details’.
• Step 6: Next, print or download your car pollution certificate.

The emission test checks if the emissions from your car are as per the set standards. If you want to know more about this test, read the following general steps. This will give you an idea of what you can generally expect at the authorised emission test centre.

• Step 1: Follow the instructions of the centre’s operator and park your car accordingly.
• Step 2: You will see the operator place the testing device inside the exhaust pipe.
• Step 3: Start your car and rev up the engine so that the device can analyse the exhaust emissions.
• Step 4: The operator will take a picture of your car’s registration plate and will generate the car pollution certificate with the relevant details.

The centre’s operator will conduct a suitable emission test depending on your vehicle type and the fuel it consumes.

• For Vehicles Using Petrol: The operator might conduct a carbon monoxide (CO) test, hydrocarbon (HC) test, and carbon dioxide (CO2) test.
• For Vehicles Using Diesel: These include a smoke density test and idling CO test.
• For Vehicles Using CNG/LPG: Vehicles using CNG/LPG are usually subject to a CO test, HC test, and checks for the soundness of the CNG/LPG system.

The validity of your PUC certificate is mentioned on the certificate itself. If you are looking to renew your car emission certificate, you should know that your car must undergo the emission test.Hence, youcannotrenew it online. You will have to take your car to the nearest RTO-approved PUC centre.

The cost for the issuance of a car emission certificate depends on the vehicle type and the fuel it consumes. It may also be different in different states.Thus, always check with the centre’s operator to know the applicable charges.

You must take your responsibility towards reducing air pollution and obtain your car emission certificate. The certificate certifies that your car emissions are in line with the permissible standards.Always remember to keep a valid PUC certificate. In case you fail to present it to the authorities when asked for, you are liable to pay a penalty. This penalty might vary from state to state.Likewise, to avoid the levy of similar penalties, make sure your insurance documents are always in order by renewing your motor insurance before its expiry. Also Read: Importance of Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUC)