{"id":132488,"date":"2026-11-10T14:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=132488"},"modified":"2026-11-10T17:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:15:29","slug":"ease-of-vehicle-ownership-index-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ease-of-vehicle-ownership-index-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index (EVOI) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andhra Pradesh recently emerged as the country\u2019s best-performing state in facilitating vehicle ownership transfers, topping the first Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index (EVOI) with a score of 5.91 out of 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is released by <\/span><b>IndiaTech.org in partnership with Consumer VOICE.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The index <\/span><b>ranks 15 States and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/union-territories\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Territories<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><b>how easily a citizen or dealer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can <\/span><b>buy, sell, and transfer a pre-owned vehicle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EVOI scores each state on<\/span><b> six pillars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>policy and regulatory framework,<\/b> <b>digital infrastructure,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> process <\/span><b>efficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, transparency and accountability, <\/span><b>institutional ecosystem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>dealer suppo<\/b><strong>r<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>t,<\/strong> and <\/span><b>cost and affordability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pillar scores are combined using a weighted geometric mean, so strength in one area cannot hide weakness in another.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The findings draw on a<\/span><b> pan-India survey of over 1,000 buyers and sellers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>interviews with dealers, RTO agents,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sector experts, and a review of central and state motor vehicle rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>EVOI 2026 Highlights:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>first edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the index.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Andhra Pradesh scored 5.91 out of 10, followed by Kerala at 5.74<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Uttar Pradesh came last <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at 2.47, just behind Bihar at 2.51 and West Bengal at 2.56.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No state scored above 6.0, highlighting widespread administrative challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, the <\/span><b>15 state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>s<\/strong> account for over <\/span><b>85% of India\u2019s organised used-car market. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vijayawada\/ap-tops-national-index-on-ease-of-vehicle-ownership\/articleshow\/135616955.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index ranks 15 States and UTs on the ease of buying, selling and transferring pre-owned vehicles. Read more about Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index, Highlights, Latest News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":132579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11398,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-132488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-ease-of-vehicle-ownership-index","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132578,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132488\/revisions\/132578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}