Transport Documents from DigiLocker
or mParivahan Only Accepted as Genuine
[MoRT&H Press Release dated 20 September 2019]
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued detailed
SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for acceptance of Driving Licence, Registration Certificate and other transport related
information presented in electronic form. The Central Motor Vehicles Rules were
amended by the Ministry in November 2018, enabling production of documents such
as certificate of registration, insurance, fitness and permit, the driving licence, certificate for pollution under check and any other
relevant documents in electronic form.
With this revision of rules, it is now not necessary for people
to carry the relevant paper documents. However, for the electronic documents to
be treated as legally recognized at par with the original documents as per the provisions
of the Information Technology Act, 2000, it is necessary that they are available
on DigiLocker or mParivahan
app carried by the user. If the e documents are not available on mParivahan or DigiLocker then they
will not be treated as legally recognized at par with the original documents
The mParivahan mobile app is being
provided by the Ministry of Road Transport & highways through NIC. The details
of RC, DL, Fitness Validity, Insurance Validity, Permit
Validity are available on real time basis on this mobile app by entering the DL
number/ Registration number pertaining to the vehicles.
The DigiLocker platform of the Ministry
of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has the facility
to pull a citizen's Driving Licence or the Certificate
of Registration details from VAHAN and make it available in the Digilocker App in an electronic form.
The data related to the insurance of new vehicles and renewal
of insurance of vehicles is reflected on the eChallan
ap that is available only to
enforcement officers.
As per the SOP issued by the Ministry people
can produce the documents or other information either through the DigiLocker app or the mParivahan
app. They can download the Driving Licence or the Registration
Certificate through these apps and store on their mobile devices. They can also
show particulars relating to the Driving Licence or the
Vehicle through the mParivahan app on the mobile
through internet connectivity. The enforcement agencies can simultaneously access
these details from eChallan app, which has data
for on-line verification of vehicle and its license status. Off-line verification
of mParivahan QR Code is also available on this
platform. Normal android mobile apps can be used for this purpose.
This benefits both the enforcement agencies
as they are not required to physically handle any document, their office need not
maintain any inventory or record, and the citizens as they will not be required
to carry documents. This fast, transparent and accountable system also ensures real-time
availability of offence status to the transport and traffic enforcement officers
and the citizens.