Govt signs deal for smart card-based driving licences

The UP government today signed a tripartite agreement with National Informatics Centre Services Incorporation (NICSI), a Government of India enterprise, and National Informatics Centre (NIC) for issuing smart card-based driving licences.

The state government’s Principal Secretary, Transport, B S Bhullar, NICSI Managing Director Rajesh Bahadur and NIC Technical Director Y K Singh signed the agreement in the presence of transport minister Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh. Y K Singh said smart card DLs will be issued and applicants’ details digitised using SARATHI software created by NIC-Hyderabad.