The Road Transport Ministry has issued draft rules to make it mandatory for car makers to install alarm system for rear seat belts. The last date for public comments on draft rules is October 5, according to the notification.
The government has been considering enforcing the use of rear seatbelts after Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died in a car crash recently.
He was sitting in the rear seat and did not have his seat belt on, local media reported, citing police officials.
