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2 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 2

(cb) “Combine Harvester” means an agricultural equipment vehicle, self
propelled or agricultural tractor powered type (either coupled to the trailer
for header assemble or any other attachment of machine) designed to
perform more than one of the following tasks, namely:—
(i) Picking, harvesting, threshing, separating, cleaning, chopping,
collecting and unloading crop or agricultural produce, such as a grain,
sugarcane, cotton, fodder, straw or stalk, while moving through the
standing crop or agricultural produce;
(ii) Agreement of bagging with a pick-up attachment to use it for handling
crop that has been swathed.
Explanation : For the purpose of these clauses, a combine harvester shall
be a non-transport motor vehicle, the driving on the road of which is
incidental to the main intended use in the fields and for travelling from
one field to another, for short durations, at a speed not exceeding thirty
kilometer per hour;]
1
[(cab) “construction equipment vehicle” means a self-propelled machine with
rubber tyred (including pneumatic tyred), rubber padded or rubber or steel
drum wheel mounted compactor, wheeled hydraulic excavator, wheel
loader, backhoe loader, skid-steer loader, dumper, motor grader, mobile
crane, dozer and pavers with rubber track or rubber pads or wheeled
pavers, fork lift truck, self-loading concrete mixer or self-propelled boom
pumps, self-propelled or concrete pumps or any other construction
equipment vehicle or combination thereof primarily designed to perform
earth moving, excavation, loading, transportation, drilling, spreading,
compacting or trenching of earth, rock, other materials, off-highway
operations in mining, industrial undertaking, irrigation and general
construction but modified and manufactured with “on or off” or “on and
off” highway capabilities.
Explanation for the purpose of this clause : a construction equipment vehicle or
earth moving vehicle shall be a non-transport vehicle the driving on the
road of which is incidental to the main off-highway function and for a short
duration at a speed not exceeding fifty kilometers per hour, but such vehicle
does not include other purely off-highway construction equipment vehicle
designed and adopted for use in any enclosed premises, factory or mine
other than road network, not equipped to travel on public roads on their
own power for example slip form pavers, concrete pavers, cold milling
machines, cold recycler machines and any construction equipment vehicle
or earth moving vehicle with crawlers or metal track, for example, tracked
excavator or excavator with legs are not considered to be falling under the
scope of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, as they are not permitted to run on
public roads;]
2
[(cb) “E-rickshaw” means a special purpose battery operated vehicle having
three wheels and intended to provide last mile connectivity for transport of
passengers for hire or reward, provided,—
(i) such vehicle is constructed or adapted to carry not more than four
passengers, excluding the driver, and not more than forty kilograms
luggage in total;
(ii) the net power of its motor is not more than 2000 W;

1 Substituted vide GSR 673(E), dt. 27-10-2020, w.e.f. 27-10-2020.
2 Inserted vide GSR 709(E), dt. 8-10-2014, w.e.f. 8-10-2014.