<p>Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said 30 per cent of the driving licences in the country are bogus.<br /><br />"Thirty per cent of the driving licences in the country are bogus. Now onwards the driving licences will be electronically registered under umbrella of e-governance," Gadkari said here.<br /><br />He was addressing the grand finale of 'Smart India Hackathon 2017'.<br /><br />The Minister also said it will be made mandatory for Regional Transport Office (RTO) to issue licence within three days of a person clearing the driving test.<br /><br />"Information of the licence holder will be available across the nation and he/she will not be able to register bogus licences anywhere. Now any person, small or big, will not get the licence without clearing the driving test," said Gadkari.<br /><br />The senior BJP leader also informed that 28 driving examination centres have been opened and 2,000 more will come up.<br /><br />"If the RTO does not issue the driving licence within three days of the test, then action will be taken against the RTO. This will facilitate transparency and corruption free work.<br /><br />"Similarly, cameras will be installed at traffic signals which will reduce the need for physical presence of policemen", he said.<br /><br />"Engineers are responsible for 50 percent of the road accident deaths. The wrong designs of road engineering is a matter of concern," he added.<br /><br />The Cabinet yesterday approved the amendments in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016. <br /></p>
<p>Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said 30 per cent of the driving licences in the country are bogus.<br /><br />"Thirty per cent of the driving licences in the country are bogus. Now onwards the driving licences will be electronically registered under umbrella of e-governance," Gadkari said here.<br /><br />He was addressing the grand finale of 'Smart India Hackathon 2017'.<br /><br />The Minister also said it will be made mandatory for Regional Transport Office (RTO) to issue licence within three days of a person clearing the driving test.<br /><br />"Information of the licence holder will be available across the nation and he/she will not be able to register bogus licences anywhere. Now any person, small or big, will not get the licence without clearing the driving test," said Gadkari.<br /><br />The senior BJP leader also informed that 28 driving examination centres have been opened and 2,000 more will come up.<br /><br />"If the RTO does not issue the driving licence within three days of the test, then action will be taken against the RTO. This will facilitate transparency and corruption free work.<br /><br />"Similarly, cameras will be installed at traffic signals which will reduce the need for physical presence of policemen", he said.<br /><br />"Engineers are responsible for 50 percent of the road accident deaths. The wrong designs of road engineering is a matter of concern," he added.<br /><br />The Cabinet yesterday approved the amendments in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016. <br /></p>