Most active vehicles in India are missing key statutory compliancesNEW DELHI: At least 60% of the 24.6 crore active vehicles in India are non-compliant as they lack some or the other statutory compliance requirement, such as no or expired pollution under control certificate (PUC), insurance and fitness certificate.As per a written reply from the road transport ministry in Lok Sabha, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum of 1.9 crore such active non-compliant vehicles, which is over 67% of the total 2.9 crore vehicles in the state. Maharashtra has the second highest number of non-compliant vehicles (1.4 crore), followed by Tamil Nadu (1.5 crore) and Karnataka (1.4 crore).Delhi is one among the few states and UTs that has a high share of compliant vehicles. Nearly 65% of vehicles in Delhi are compliant. Most of the active vehicles in Chandigarh are also compliant, indicating greater surveillance makes vehicle owners comply with the norms.TOI on Jan 15 had first reported about the ministry flagging the problem to states while proposing a framework to ensure vehicle owners adhere to statutory compliances within a given period - else, gradually, non-compliant vehicles will be automatically de-registered. Officials had said since a large number of vehicles in the Vahan database are legally or operationally not fit to ply, the overall count remains inflated.