# India license plate: Non-diplomatic CDP

> The India non-diplomatic CDP license plate: format 99 CDP 999, for example 13 CDP 45, 1997 to today, car and van.

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Part of [India license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india) (16 registration series).

![India license plate, Non-diplomatic CDP (1997 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-nondiplomatic-cdp-1997/india-license-plate-non-diplomatic-cdp.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99 CDP 999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1997 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 410 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #8DC63F; characters #FFFFFF |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `in-nondiplomatic-cdp-1997` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/nondiplomatic-cdp-1997) |

CDP marks home-based non-diplomatic staff of a Delhi mission — support staff, not diplomats — and the rules never expand the letters. Light green with white characters; the mission's number leads, the vehicle's follows.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `CDP` | home-based non-diplomatic staff of a Delhi mission (rule 76-B(1)) | mission support staff |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130113450id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/CMVR-chapter3.pdf)

## About this plate

THE LIGHT-GREEN CDP PLATE, home-based NON-diplomatic staff of a mission in Delhi. Both the mark and its colour arrive in the same instrument, G.S.R. 395(E) of 16 July 1997, so the period claim is unusually clean for this jurisdiction. Do not confuse the light green of rule 77(1)(iii) with the battery-vehicle green of rule 50(2A): different instruments, different regimes, twenty-one years apart, and the CDP plate carries white characters where a private EV plate also carries white, the mark itself is the only reliable discriminator.

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [UN](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/un-1995) (1995 to today)
- [Diplomatic CD](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/diplomatic-cd-1989) (1989 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-nondiplomatic-cdp-1997.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/india?series=in-nondiplomatic-cdp-1997
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/in` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "in-nondiplomatic-cdp-1997"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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