The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has formulated Draft Guidelines for setting up, authorisation and operation of Authorized Vehicle Scrapping Facility (AVSP) to legalise the industry in India.Scrappage  is  the  process  in  which  End  of  life  -  vehicles  are disposed of, typically using shredders that tear them down into tiny pieces of metal which can then be recycled. Other non-metal parts of the vehicle are also disposed of in an environmentally sustainable fashion.In order to arrest the rising air pollution levels in major cities of the country, the ministry of road transport and highways is slated to scrap vehicles that are more than 20 years old under the vehicle scrappage policy or voluntary vehicle fleet modernization program which was first mooted in 2016. The policy awaits cabinet nod. In the first phase, it proposes to take old commercial vehicles off the road while also mooting creation of an ecosystem to promote scrapping and recycling.Since 65% of total air pollution is caused by older commercial vehicles plying on road, the policy is bound to make a considerable impact on environmental sustainability. Apart from this, it will also give thrust to automobile sector by creating new demand.The policy can be seen as an extension of NGT ruling for Delhi-NCR whereby all decade old diesel vehicles were ordered to stop plying on road.One may also note that similar policies had been implemented in countries like US, UK, China, Indonesia etc. either to drive auto industry or to reduce pollution.