Citizen Services for Driving License

The ministry of Road Transport & Highways has been facilitating computerization of more than 1000 Road Transport offices (RTOs) across the country. RTOs issue Registration certificate (RC) & Driving License (DL) that are valid across the country .It was necessary to define same standards for these documents on a pan-India level to ensure interoperability and correctness and timely availability of information. SCOSTA committee setup for this purpose had recommended a uniform standardized software across the country. Ministry entrusted National informatics Centre the task to standardize & deploy the software VAHAN for vehicle Registration and SARATHI for Driving Licenses and compilation of data with respect to Vehicle Registration and Driving Licenses of all the states in State Register and National Register.
The VAHAN SARATHI are conceptualized to capture the functionalities as mandated by Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 as well as State motor vehicle Rules with customization in the core product to suit the requirements of 36 States.
“Sarathi service” are the service provided by the Transport department , Government of India.
url : https://sarathi.parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservicecov11/sarathiHomePublic.do

Following are the services

1.Issue and renewal of various kinds of driving license(https://parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservice)

Description: -
a)Issuance of LL/DL/CL
b)Online facility of Application for all Services
c)Online uploading of documents
d)Online slot Booking for DL test
e)Online slot Booking for LL test
f)Photo and Signature capture at DTO Counter
g)Services availability at DTO Counter also.
h)Payments through POS at DTO counter or e-payment
i)Service delivery- Smart card based DL
Eligibility:-
a)Applicant must be 16+ to apply driving license of scooty
b)Applicant must be 18+ to apply driving license of bike and car
c)Applicant must have 1 year old LMV license to apply license for commercial vehicle
Documents Needed:-
1.Form 1,Form 2 for LL
2.Form 4 for DL
3.LLD form Duplicate license
4.Form1,Form 9, LLD form for renewal

2.Issue of duplicate copy of license (https://parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservice)
Description:-
a)User can apply online of duplicate driving license
Eligibility:-
a)Applicant must have either Xerox copy of driving license or FIR copy to apply
Documents Needed:-
a)LLD form
b)Xerox copy of DL or FIR copy

3.Change of license into Smart Card License(https://parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservice)
Description:-
a)DL required to get this service
Eligibility:-
a)Applicant must have either Xerox copy of driving license or FIR copy to apply
Documents Needed:-
a)LLD form

4.Issue of International Driving license(https://parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservice)
Description:-
a)DL required to get this service or Passport Required.
Eligibility
a)Applicant must have either Xerox copy of driving license and Passport.
Document Needed:-
a)Original DL
b)Passport Copy
c)Visa copy

5.Additional Endorsement of DL (https://parivahan.gov.in/vahanservice)
Description:-
a)OLD Driving License required
Eligibility:-
a)Old DL

6.Change of Address in DL (https://parivahan.gov.in/vahanservice)
Description:-
a)OLD Driving License required

Note: To make it more effective, citizen’s opinion about the participation of the state government in the above scheme is invited.