HIGHLIGHTS
- The rule will come into effect from October, 2017
- The rule was made for stopping issuance of multiple DLs under one name
- All the records will be uploaded on to a centralised database
(Aadhaar card to be made compulsory requirement in order to procure a driving licence)[/caption]
We hear that this new scheme will come into effect from October, 2017. Not only will the issuance of driving licences will have a centralised database of sorts but it will also help preventing people getting multiple licences from different regional transport offices (RTOs) in different states. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has already uploaded most of the data available in RTOs across the country on to the database. The database can be accessed anytime by any RTO to check whether the applicant already has a driving licence issued in some other state or not. In accordance, the Union Road Transport Ministry has already begun work in order to help the state government to incorporate the necessary changes in the current process of issuing a driving licence.
The government estimates that little more than 18 crore driving licences have been issued so far, a country with an estimated population of over 120 crore. There seems to be a lot of catching up to do.
Source: Times Of India
