Punjab, the land of five rivers and one of India's most prosperous agricultural states, uses the vehicle registration prefix PB and has one of the highest vehicle ownership rates per capita in India. The Punjab Transport Department manages 23 RTO offices across 23 districts, with Ludhiana (PB-10) being the most active RTO in the state. Punjab's prosperity - driven by agriculture, industry (Ludhiana's textile and machine tools sector), and substantial NRI remittances from the Punjabi diaspora in Canada, UK, USA, and Australia - translates into robust vehicle demand across all categories.
Ludhiana is nicknamed India's Manchester for its massive hosiery, textiles, and machine tools industry. The city exports bicycles, sewing machines, auto parts, and industrial equipment to over 50 countries. This industrial output drives enormous commercial vehicle traffic - trucks for domestic transport and container vehicles for port-bound exports - making the PB-10 RTO one of the busiest commercial vehicle registration offices in northern India.
Punjab's large agricultural sector also means a high density of tractor and harvester registrations. The PB RTO issues more tractor driving licences per year than almost any other state, and agricultural vehicle fitness certificates are a significant part of the department's workload during harvest season.
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