New regulations for buying used vehicles

GoanCanuck

Security net cast on sale of secondhand vehicles!
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, SEPT 25 — After rented houses, its now purchase and sale transactions of secondhand vehicles (cars and two-wheelers) which have come under scrutiny, in a bid to curb use of such vehicles for disruptive and nefarious activities possibly by anti-social elements and terrorists in North Goa.

http://oheraldo.in/node/19288?PHPSES...7048edc27c626b

Shaktipalooza

what are they putting in the water in Goa?!??! our own monkey in command would love to get his hands on that stuff...

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Nick-H

Are there any other newspapers, with any other points of view, in Goa?

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crvlvr

Are the customer identification requirements for new car buyers any more stringent?

Kingfisher

short answer: YES

To register a vehicle in Goa one must be a legal resident of Goa. Many people purchase vehicles second-hand and never register them legally. (as is the case with foreigners buying used Bullets)

cyberhippie

I had a discussion about this the other day I always thought you needed have residential status in India to buy a vehicle!!
As in a tourist visa isn't good enough to do so legally!!

Anyone else know the legalities of this???

Kingfisher

To register a vehicle in the State of Goa you must be a legal resident of the State whether the vehicle is new or used. Residential status in 'India' is not the same as being a resident of Goa. It is possible that other states may have their own policy in this regard.

It is fairly common for tourists to purchase vehicles second-hand with just a bill of sale and some sort of notorized letter from the seller BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS REGISTERING THE VEHICLE LEGALLY. To re-sell it would be necessary to sell to either another tourist or to someone who COULD legally register it.

I have no idea how the insurance question can be dealt with once it comes up for renewal.

Kingfisher

Apart from the vernacular newspapers, for English-language dailies there are the Navhind Times and the Gomantak Times (GT) in addition to the Herald. The Navhind Times and the Herald are more-or-less interchangeable establishment, lap-dog, rags. The Gomantak Times, now under new aggressive management, is the paper exposing the crap and corruption and is putting the prod to the police and politicians who don't much like this kind of attention in what will probably be an election year.

Unfortunately the GT is not available on-line.

machadinha

Try this: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/india.htm

Features links to Navhind but doesn't work for me, and GT but claims to be Marathi paper from Pune? No English section as far as I can see.

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GoanCanuck

The Gomantak is a Marathi paper but the Gomantak Times(GT) is an English newspaper. Both papers are owned by the same company. The Gomantak Times is unfortunately not available online.

GoanCanuck

I have to disagree. The Herald is definitely not pro-establishment although the Navhind Times is pro-establishment.

Nick-H

That's a shame... we get such a one-sided view from the available stuff