Sri Lanka implements Quick Response (QR) code fuel rationing for vehicles
Creates binding per-vehicle weekly fuel consumption caps and conditions retail fuel access on possession of vehicle-specific digital identification.
Change
Sri Lanka implemented a Quick Response (QR) code system requiring vehicle-specific registration at pumps and capping weekly fuel sales at 15 litres for cars and 5 litres for motorbikes.
Why it matters
Motorists must plan refuelling within a fixed weekly allowance tied to a vehicle-specific QR code, reducing the ability to make unplanned long trips or top-ups. Fuel stations are required to block transactions that exceed a registered vehicle's quota at the point of sale, constraining on-demand access to retail fuel.
Implications
- — Commercial fleet operators' logistics managers must register each vehicle's QR code and reschedule routes and refuelling to stay within weekly caps — failure to do so will result in refused refuelling and route delays.
- — Fuel retailers' station managers must enable QR-code scanning at pumps and enforce per-vehicle weekly quotas by blocking excess sales at point of sale.
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