Driving licences to be uniform across India

NEW DELHI: From next July, new driving licences (DLs) and vehicle registration certificates (RCs) issued by all states and Union Territories will be uniform in look, colour, design and will have the same security features.

The 'smart' DLs and RCs embedded with microchips will have QR codes. They will also be enabled with the near-field communication (NFC) feature, just like that of Metro Rail and ATM cards, so that traffic enforcers with hand-held devices can easily access details stored in the cards.

The new DL will have details of a driver's declaration to donate organs and mention if he/she is driving a specially designed vehicle meant for the physically challenged.


"The feature of emission norm for the vehicle will be specified on the RC to help carry out the pollution under control test objectively," said an official.