New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Alarmed by the rapid mushrooming of non-BIS-compliant and counterfeit helmets being sold, the government has mandated that all two-wheeler manufacturers must provide two certified helmets at the time of vehicle purchase, a move expected to significantly improve road safety while marginally increasing vehicle costs.

The gazette notification for this was issued in June last year, however rules have not been issued so far.

Steelbird Managing Director Rajeev Kapur, in an exclusive conversation with ANI, said the regulation directly addresses a long-ignored safety gap created by the widespread sale of fake helmets through dealerships.

Kapur told ANI that the mandatory two-helmet rule could reduce road accident fataliti...