The Asian Age

Vehicle papers in digi-locker valid documents: Delhi govt

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Motorists in Delhi need not carry their driving licence and registrati­on certificat­e and can show these documents stored in Digi-locker platform, or m-Parivahan mobile app, when asked for by the traffic police and the transport department.

Driving license and registrati­on certificat­e, available in digital form on the Digi-locker platform, or the mParivahan mobile app, are valid documents under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, a notice issued by the transport department of the Delhi government said.

◗ THE TRAFFIC police and enforcemen­t wing of transport department duly accept the electronic form of driving license and registrati­on certificat­e if shown in the Digilocker and mParivahan app, the notice said. However, soft copies maintained in any other form is not acceptable as original record, it clarified.

These are legally recognised at par with the certificat­es issued by the transport department, it added.

The traffic police and enforcemen­t wing of transport department duly accept the electronic form of driving license and registrati­on certificat­e if shown in the Digilocker and mParivahan app, the notice said.

However, soft copy of driving license and registrati­on certificat­e maintained in any other form is not acceptable as original record, it clarified.

The electronic record of driving license and registrati­on certificat­e available on Digi-locker, or m-Parivahan, is also recognised at par with the original documents as per the provisions of the Informatio­n Technology Act, 2000, the notice stated.

DigiLocker is a cloudbased platform for storage, sharing and verificati­on of documents and certificat­es.

 ?? — G. N. JHA ?? Muslims at a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, in New Delhi on Friday.
— G. N. JHA Muslims at a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, in New Delhi on Friday.

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