Uniform RC, driving licence across States to prevent forgery, duplication
March 7, 2019
NEW DELHI: There will be uniform vehicle registration certificates and driving
licences in the country soon. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has
issued a notification to this effect. The Ministry has prescribed a common standard
format and design of the driving licence and the RC for the entire country to
prevent forgery and duplication. There will a national database for the purpose.
The Centre has asked the States to forthwith stop issuing paper booklets. The
option of providing a paper or booklet based driving licence or the registration
certificate has been done away with. Now, such certificates can only be provided
in two types of cards viz. a PVC based card or a Poly Carbonate one. Detailed
specifications have been prescribed for these cards in the notification. The
enriched specifications are of high standard and would enable durable and quality
cards.
The State Governments have been given the option to decide on the type of material
of the card to be provided. Further, the optional features of providing a chip
based smart card or a contact less features (NFC) has also been provided which
the States can prescribe. A QR code has been prescribed on the cards. This would
enable easy linking and access and validation of the information on the cards
with the SARATHI or VAHAN database.
As the Ministry had recently issued amendments of the Central Motor Vehicles
Rules 1989 enabling transport related documents in an Electronic Form, the QR
would facilitate the enforcement authorities.
