With reference to the Environment Protection (End-of-Life Vehicles) Rules, 2025, consider the following statements:
1. They make it mandatory for bulk consumers owning 100 or more vehicles to register on the designated portal and file annual returns.
2. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) targets under these rules are primarily based on the recycling of plastic and electronic components of the vehicles.
3. Agricultural machinery such as tractors and harvesters are explicitly excluded from the purview of these rules.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Accepted Answer

B) 1 and 3 only — Statement 1 is correct: Bulk consumers with 100+ vehicles must register on the portal and report ELVs. Statement 2 is incorrect: EPR targets under the ELV 2025 rules are specifically based on the quantity of steel recovered; plastics, batteries, and e-waste are covered by their respective separate waste rules. Statement 3 is correct: The rules explicitly do not apply to agricultural machinery like tractors, trailers, and harvesters.

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