Lok Sabha Question No. 2960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Fake Driving Licenses
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: P.R. SUNDARAM, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the circulation of number of fake or duplicate driving licenses;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government is planning to link all 1300 RTOs to the online central depository;

(d) if so, whether this issue was taken up in the transport development council meeting, if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and

(e) the other steps taken by the Government to check the menace of multiple licensing?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (e)  The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways does not maintain centralised data regarding fake  or  duplicate  driving  licences.  However,  as  per  an  analysis  done  in  January,  2015  on  National Register  for  Driving  Licences  by  National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC),  it  was  found  that  there  is  a possibility of duplicate licences. As on 5 th January, 2015, out of total 6,70,16,851 driving licences records available,  16,72,138 records were found to be possible duplicates spread over 7,99,923 clusters.  The percentage of probable duplicates stands at 2.5 percent as per this exercise. This information has been shared with respective states for further action.

National  Database  on  Driving  Licenses  and  Vehicle  registration  has  already  been  created. National Informatics Centre (NIC) who has been entrusted with the design, development, computerization roll-out and maintenance of the VAHAN and SARATHI project across all the states and Union Territory Administrations has achieved almost 100% success in terms of deployment of core Schema/product for Vehicle Registration (VAHAN) and for Driving Licenses (SARATHI) across the country. Subsequently to  consolidate  the  database,  State  Register  (SR)  for  all  the  states  and  National  Register  (NR)  were established. Almost all the sites in 36 States/Union Territory Administrations are connected. More than 20  crore  Vehicle  records  and  10  crore  Driving  License  records  are  available  in  National  Register repository. State Transport Departments and enforcement agencies have been provided access to data on National Register to facilitate instant  verification  of all  driving  licenses  (DLs)/  Registration  Certificate (RCs)  and  the  digitalized  data  is  also  made  accessible  through  Mobile  by  sending  SMS  from  their registered number.

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017, passed by Lok Sabha and presently in Rajya Sabha for consideration and passing, provides for centralised register of driving licences. This will further help to carry reforms in the driving licence testing process and eliminating the duplicate licences.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2960

ANSWERED ON 4 TH  JANUARY, 2018

## FAKE DRIVING LICENSES

2960.   SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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