India, Aug. 6 -- The transfer of vehicle registration certificates (RCs) to new owners has been stalled for the past 15 days across Maharashtra following integration of the RC transfer process with Aadhaar-based name verification. Under the revised system introduced by the ministry of road transport and highways, the name on the Aadhaar card must exactly match with the name recorded on the RC. Even minor variations in spellings, initials or surnames are leading to application failures, leaving thousands of vehicle ownership transfers pending and forcing citizens to make repeated visits to regional transport offices (RTOs).

Buyers and sellers of used vehicles are among the worst affected as ownership transfers cannot be completed till the...