NO NEED TO CARRY LICENSE FROM OCTOBER 1 AS PER NEW MOTOR VEHICLES RULES: CHECK DETAILS 

Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) recently issued notifications regarding various amendments in Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 from 1 October, 2020. 

As per the new changes and official release, the use of IT services and electronic monitoring will result in better enforcement of Traffic Rules in India. 

According to a News18 report, the central government has set to digitise documents including maintenance of vehicles, driving licences and e-challans that will now be done through an information technology portal from October 1, 2020.

"Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has recently issued notifications regarding various amendments in Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 requiring the implementation of enforcement, Maintenance of Vehicular Documents and E-Challans through portal w.e.f 1.10.2020 for better monitoring and enforcement of MV Rules," MoRTH said in a statement. 

This new change in rule was required after the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 was passed and was published on 9th August, 2019, the government said. 

"The amendment inter-alia provides for the definition for Challan, Portal inserted as a requirement for providing the services through IT and further the enforcement of electronic monitoring and enforcement," the statement added.

Meanwhile, details of driving licences disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority shall be recorded chronologically in the portal. After which such records shall be reflected on a regular basis on the portal; the record shall be maintained electronically and further the driver's behaviour will be monitored.

"Provisions have been made for the procedure for Production and Obtaining Certificates in physical as well as electronic form, the validity, issuance of such documents and further the date and time stamping of inspection and identity of the Officer will be recorded," the statement also read. 

"Further upon demanding or inspecting any documents, the date and time stamp of inspection and identity of the police officer in uniform or any other officer authorized by the State Government, shall be recorded on the Portal. This would help in unnecessary re-checking or inspection of vehicles and further would remove harassment to the drivers," the statement said.

Drivers can also maintain their vehicular documents on Central govt's online portal like Digi-locker or m-parivahan. Also, the new rules mandate that the use of handheld communications devices while driving shall solely be used for route navigation in such a manner that it shall not disturb the concentration of the driver while driving, News18 further reported.