VOLUNTARY VEHICLE FLEET MODERNISATION PROGRAMME UNDER REVIEW The government's ambitious programme to get old, polluting vehicles off the road has hit an unexpected speed bump: Goods and Services Tax. The Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP) is back on the drawing board as the government reviews its options to reward those who agree to junk their old vehicles to buy new, lesspolluting, ones. The earlier plan was to levy lower excise tax on new vehicles bought under V-VMP . But the new tax system that is expected take effect next fiscal year will amalgamate excise tax into the overarching indirect tax called GST. The finance ministry doesn't favour giving incentives under GST and has directed the roads transport ministry to examine other methods to encourage people to scrap old vehicles. “I had recently met the finance minister (Arun Jaitley) to discuss the proposed policy . He is in favour of providing financial benefits to people for scrapping vehic