Driving Licence

Keep your driving licence details up to date by linking your mobile number in minutes. Follow these 5 easy steps to ensure you receive e‑challans, renewal reminders, and official alerts without delay.

Driving tests not mandatory at RTO from June 1: Here are new licence rules

The government also has plans to phase out 900,000 old government vehicles to reduce carbon emission. It will also enforce stricter emission norms

Road ministry extends validity of learner's licence, driving license, conductor license till Feb 29

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in a circular said due to infrastructure related issues in Sarathi portal from January 31, 2024 to February 12, 2024, applicants have faced disruptions in availing license related services.

Poor diligence while granting driving licences is costing lives on Maharashtra roads, say experts

According to the data shared by the Maharashtra transport department, 97.24 per cent of 32.04 lakh citizens who applied for driving licences had passed the tests, while only 2.4 per cent failed and 0.36 per cent did not turn up.

How the new, stringent driving tests will save lives on Indian roads

Below is an analysis of the glaring flaws in India’s driver licensing apparatus and how the new measures on how one can obtain a driver’s licence can fix them

Here’s possibly why government is setting stringent skill tests to obtain driving licence

As the government sets stringent skill tests to obtain a driving license, we looked at the data to find why it is imperative.

Stringent tests required to be passed now to get driving licence: Nitin Gadkari

Also, passing percentage in order to be eligible to get a driving licence in all regional transport offices (RTOs) has been fixed at 69 percent, Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Validity of driving licence, vehicle registration certificate extended till March 31, 2021

The validity extension will apply to all documents that were supposed to expire on February 1, 2020, and those that would expire by March 31, 2021.

Now, use Aadhaar to renew your driving licence from the comfort of your home; here's how

Aadhaar is now one of the most important identity proof documents required for anything from opening a bank account to filing income tax returns.

Govt extends validity of expiring driving licence, motor vehicle documents till December 31

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had in June extended the validity of such documents till September 30, 2020.

Govt stops verification process using Aadhaar for driving licence: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari said as per the information provided by National Informatics Centre, the 'Aadhaar number obtained for Driving Licences are 1,57,93,259'.

Driving licences, vehicle registration certificates to come in card format only

The option of providing a paper or booklet-based driving licence or registration certificate has been done away with, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Thursday.

Driving licences to be uniform across India

Existing licence owners would be given option to get their licences replaced with new ones

Applicants can place mother’s name on driving licence in Delhi from April

Currently, an applicant has to provide their father or husband’s name while applying for a licence.

Centre to use sensors to judge your driving skills

Computer-based system would allow only 'competent divers' to obtain licence and bring down the count of 'bogus' licences

Centre wants to link Aadhaar with driving licence

Registration of vehicles and owner’s name will also be linked to Aadhaar to prevent instances of car thefts

To clear Rajya Sabha hurdle, govt mulls opposition outreach on Wednesday for new Motor Vehicles Bill

It proposes hefty penalties for traffic violations, a ten-fold increase in accident compensation, check bogus driving license, vehicle thefts and regulate of taxi aggregators such as Ola and Uber

Govt may soon let computers decide if your driving is good enough for a licence

The fitness of a person for issuing driving licence will be decided through a computer programme with no human interference, said road minister Nitin Gadkari.

Now, access driving licence on your mobile using DigiLocker

Launching the integration of DigiLocker with the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration system of the ministry of road transport and highways today, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said citizens can use these as valid identification at airports too.