State Focus
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Background
Infrastructure & Transport
Polity & Governance
The two-letter registration mark the merged Union Territory's vehicles carry
Background
Vehicles of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, whose Transport Department at Daman continues to issue notifications in October 2026, carry the registration mark DD. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways assigned the new mark by notification S.O. 295(E) dated 22 January 2020, with effect from 26 January 2020, the day the two Union Territories became one. Registration marks for vehicles are assigned under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
Registration mark:
DD
Notification:
S.O. 295(E)
Ministry:
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Why it matters for exams: The registration mark DD and the ministry that assigns such marks, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, are both direct general awareness facts.
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