The Bihar Transport Department, enforcing the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways AIS-140 mandate, requires all public service vehicles registered in Bihar to be fitted with a certified Vehicle Location Tracking Device. This applies to all taxis, tourist vehicles, school buses, goods carriers, and auto-rickshaws on contract carriage operating in Bihar. Compliance is verified at fitness certificate renewal, permit issuance, and at RTO and highway checkposts across Bihar's national highway corridors.
Bihar holds a uniquely important position in India's Buddhist and religious tourism landscape. Bodh Gaya, where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, is one of the world's most significant spiritual destinations and receives pilgrims and tourists from across India and from countries including Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Myanmar, and Bhutan. The Buddhist circuit connecting Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Vaishali, and Kesaria generates an enormous and year-round tourist vehicle market. All tourist permit vehicles operating on this circuit are required to carry valid VLTD certificates under Bihar Transport Department and Ministry of Tourism guidelines.
Patna is Bihar's state capital and a rapidly growing metropolitan centre with a large and increasingly active app-based cab market. Bihar's road network is also a key transit corridor for goods transport moving between eastern India and the national capital region, with NH-19, NH-30, and NH-31 all passing through Bihar and carrying significant commercial freight volumes. The Bihar Transport Department has been actively expanding VLTD compliance enforcement across the state as Bihar's road infrastructure and commercial vehicle fleet both continue to grow rapidly.
