GRAP cars, vehicle restrictions: Types, checklist before traveling to the office – what is prohibited; what is allowed | Today’s news
Restrictions have been imposed in Delhi since November 1 under the revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Once the GRAP rules go into effect, here’s your checklist before heading into the office:
1. Work from home: Check if your office offers hybrid mode or work from home.
Under the GRAP rules, government and private offices will be required to limit physical attendance to 50 percent from November 1 to January 31, with the remaining employees working from home. Basic and emergency services will be exempted as per prescribed norms.
2. Change Office Timings: Check your office’s punch-in and punch-out timings
In an effort to reduce traffic congestion, Municipal Corporation of Delhi offices will function from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, while government offices in Delhi will function from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm.
3. Are you traveling from Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad? Entry of specific vehicle only in Delhi
Quick answers to key questions
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BS-VI compliant vehicles, CNG vehicles and electric vehicles are allowed along with exemptions for emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire engines and police vehicles as per the prescribed rules.
No. Non-Delhi registered vehicles meeting BS-IV emission norms or above are banned from plying in Delhi from November 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027.
Restrictions apply to below BS-VI vehicles, vehicles without valid PUCC, non-compliant inter-state buses and certain tractors and jugaad vehicles. Non-Delhi-bound trucks must use peripheral highways.
Traveling by metro is not restricted in any way. Delhi-NCR buses must run on electricity, CNG or BS-VI compliant diesel.
The restrictions are meant to reduce emissions from vehicles and help tackle winter air pollution in the capital.
From November 1, 2026, entry of vehicles into Delhi will be restricted under the revised GRAP rules. Check your vehicle type and make sure it matches what is allowed to enter Delhi.
What is allowed: As per the GRAP rules, only BS-VI compliant cars, CNG and electric vehicles and tax-exempt vehicles (ambulance, fire engines, police cars) will be allowed in Delhi subject to prescribed rules and exemptions.
What is not allowed: Vehicles registered outside Delhi that meet BS-IV emission norms or earlier (lower BS-VI norms) will be banned from plying in the city from November 1 to January 31, 2027.
* Vehicles under BS-VI standard
* Vehicles without a valid PUCC
* Inconvenient interstate buses
* Non-Delhi bound trucks (use peripheral highways)
* Jugaad tractors and vehicles, as required
* Certain vehicles registered outside Delhi
List of all types of vehicles that are and are not allowed to enter Delhi.(Delhi Police)
Will vehicles from Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad be affected?
More than 10 million vehicles in the neighboring NCR areas of Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad could be affected by the Delhi government’s decision to ban entry of vehicles below the BS-VI (6) emission standard from November 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027, according to transport ministry estimates cited by news agency PTI.
4. Traveling by metro, bus?
Buses operating in Delhi-NCR must run on electricity, CNG or BS-VI compliant diesel. Traveling by metro is not restricted in any way.
5. Increase in the parking fee
The government has ordered parking charges at authorized parking lots in Delhi to be doubled from November 1 to February 28. However, parking facilities owned and managed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will be exempted from the trip.
