The Rajya Sabha on July 31,2019 passed the “much needed” Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, a week after Lok Sabha passed the same Bill on July 23, 2019. From now on, a driver’s attendant will be covered under Third Party Insurance and there will be a ten-time increase in insurance compensation from Rs 50, 000 to Rs 5 lakh. For drunk driving an offender will now have to pay Rs 10,000 penalty as against the current Rs 2,000 fine. Similarly, for driving without licence, the fine has been proposed at Rs 5,000 as against the existing Rs 500. Also fine for travelling without ticket has been increased from Rs 200 to 500.