All these vehicle types must comply with AIS 140 GPS standards in Puducherry
All state transport and private stage carriages must be fitted with AIS 140 GPS integrated with state control rooms.
Goods carriages operating on highways in Puducherry must have AIS 140 devices with emergency buttons as mandated by MoRTH.
Puducherry mandates AIS 140 GPS with panic button in all school buses. Real-time data must be accessible to school management.
All commercial vehicles including autos, taxis, and app-based cabs must have AIS 140 compliant tracking as per state regulations.
How Puducherry has progressively implemented AIS 140 standards
AIS 140 standard published by MoRTH; Puducherry adopts the roadmap
New commercial vehicles from OEMs must ship with AIS 140 pre-fitted
Puducherry RTO begins issuing notices for retrofit compliance to existing fleet
State transport integrates AIS 140 telematics across its fleet
Puducherry introduces stricter enforcement; permit renewal linked to AIS 140 compliance
Full enforcement: zero-tolerance for non-compliant commercial vehicles
Everything you need to know about AIS 140 in Puducherry
All commercial vehicles operating under a Puducherry RTO permit — including state transport buses, school buses, contract carriages, taxis, goods vehicles, and ambulances — must have an AIS 140 certified GPS device installed.
The Puducherry Transport Department and regional RTOs enforce AIS 140 compliance. State transport corporations have their own control rooms that integrate live data from AIS 140 devices.
The device transmits real-time GPS coordinates, speed, direction, ignition status, and emergency/panic button alerts to the MoRTH VAHAN server and the Puducherry state monitoring portal.
All new commercial vehicles leaving the factory after the mandated date must have AIS 140 devices. Existing fleet vehicles must retrofit before fitness certificate renewal is issued. RTOs have been actively enforcing this requirement.
Dhundhoo provides ARAI-certified AIS 140 devices with installation support across Puducherry. Our platform integrates with VAHAN and provides live fleet dashboards in addition to government compliance reporting.