immunity or consular immunity corresponding to whom the vehicle has been attributed to by the Ministry of External Affairs. Immunity is void if a UN, CD or CC vehicle is driven by a chauffeur or non-diplomat in an absence of an accredited member of the diplomatic or consular corps. Unique number allocated to different foreign missions which forms the first part of CD and CC registration are listed below, click on 'show' to expand the list: Vehicles of Indian Armed Forces The registration format for vehicles belonging to Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) has five parts: The first (or the third) character is an upward-pointing arrow. This is known as a Broad Arrow, whose origins lie in the UK Office of Ordnance and is still used in many parts of the British Commonwealth on assorted army items, not just vehicles. The next two digits (or the two succeeding the arrow) indicate the last two digits of the year in which the armed forces procured the vehicle. (example: '22' for a vehicle procured in 2022) The third part is a single alphabet indicating the type or class of vehicle: A - Two-wheel Vehicle (e.g. motorcycles) B – Light Motor Vehicle (e.g. passenger cars) C – Truck (Up to 2.5 tonnes) D – Truck (3 - 5 tonnes) E – Specialist Truck, Crane, etc. K – Ambulance P – Bus X – Armoured Vehicles The fourth part is a six digit serial number, unique to each registration. The fifth part and the last alphabet in registration is a check alphabet. Format for private and commercial vehicles Here is a detailed overview of the format for permanent registration of private and commercial vehicles. Part 1: Two-letter State Codes All Indian states and Union Territories have their own two-letter code. This two-letter referencing came into action in the 1980s. Before that each district or Regional Transport Officer's office had a three-letter code which did not mention the state. This led to a fair degree of confusion — for example, MMC 8259 could fit in anywhere in the country. To avoid this ambiguity the state code was included along with the district or RTO's office. In some states, such as Maharashtra, licence plates before 1960, when the state was known as Bombay Presidency, bear notations such as BMC. The newly created states of Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Telangana (from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya