Chief Minister Kamal Nath on February 25, 2020 distributed the unified cards, including vehicle registration and driving license, to 6 persons in Bhopal. With this launch, Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in the country to introduce the unified registration card. The state also became the second state to launch the unified driving license after Uttar Pradesh.
Background
- Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had issued the guidelines to bring uniformity in driving licenses and vehicle registration cards across the country in March 2019.
- The new cards will have more exhaustive information printed on both the sides of the cards.
- It will also bear a unique number recognized across the country.
- The unified smart cards for driving license and vehicle registration will each have a QR code that will help in verifying authenticity of the data printed on the cards.
- The unified driving license card will have information about the ability of the driver to drive in hilly and dangerous areas and an emergency contact number.
