<p class="title">Driving licences and vehicle registration certificates will now be issued as plastic cards in a standard format across the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prescribed a common standard format and design of the Driving Licence and the Certificate of Registration for the entire country. The option of providing a paper or booklet based driving licence or the registration certificate has been done away with," the ministry said in a release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the new norms notified by the ministry, states have an option to issue the two documents in the form of cards, which would be either made of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) or of Polycarbonate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The specifications for the cards are a high standard and would enable durable and quality cards, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ministry also said that states can prescribe whether it should be a chip-based smart card or a card with contact-less features such as QR code. A QR code would enable easy linking and access and validation of the information on the cards with the SARATHI or VAHAN database," the release said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier the ministry allowed issuance and use of transport-related documents in an electronic form.</p>
<p class="title">Driving licences and vehicle registration certificates will now be issued as plastic cards in a standard format across the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prescribed a common standard format and design of the Driving Licence and the Certificate of Registration for the entire country. The option of providing a paper or booklet based driving licence or the registration certificate has been done away with," the ministry said in a release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As per the new norms notified by the ministry, states have an option to issue the two documents in the form of cards, which would be either made of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) or of Polycarbonate."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The specifications for the cards are a high standard and would enable durable and quality cards, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ministry also said that states can prescribe whether it should be a chip-based smart card or a card with contact-less features such as QR code. A QR code would enable easy linking and access and validation of the information on the cards with the SARATHI or VAHAN database," the release said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier the ministry allowed issuance and use of transport-related documents in an electronic form.</p>
