Number plates in India

A registration number is assigned to all motorized road vehicles in India.

The District-level Regional Transport Office (RTO) of various states issues the Vehicle Registration Plate number (commonly known as number plate).

Design and structure

Types of Number Plates in India:

1. White number plate with black lettering

private vehicles

Vehicles with this number plate are not permitted to be used for commercial activities, such as transporting products or carrying passengers.

2.Yellow number plate with black lettering

These are commercial vehicles like taxi, cabs, trucks. 

Commercial vehicle drivers with yellow plates must also need a driving license.

3.Black number plate with yellow lettering

Rental vehicles

These kinds of number plates are also common in luxury hotel transportation. These vehicles can operate as commercial vehicles without the need for the driver to have a driving license.

4.Green number plate with white lettering

Electric vehicles registration

This registration number is exclusively available for electric vehicles.

5.Blue number plate with white lettering

Vehicles registered to an embassy or United Nations have white lettering on a light blue background

6.Red number plate with Emblem

This is only used for president of India and governor of states

7.Number plate with an upward-pointing arrow

Army and Military vehicles

The plate numbering is started from an arrow pointing upward called Broad Arrow.

The two numbers followed by Broad Arrow are the date of manufacturing.

The next alphabet indicates the class of the vehicle which generally tells about the type of vehicle.

Next is the actual serial number of the vehicle.

The last alphabet is the check code.

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