Expert feels Bill is Highway centric; Lacks focus on needs of urban network
C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Now you can apply for a driving licence anywhere in the country either
electronically or at any competent authority for licensing in the
country if the Road Transport and Safety Bill becomes an act.
According to Road Safety and Transport Bill 2014, the Union government
will set up a Unified Driver Licensing System which enables the
submission of applications for driving licences from anywhere in the
country.
It will facilitate collection of uniform standardised information
including information authenticating the identity of the applicant for
the driving licence, whether through biometric or any other equivalent
unique identification technology.
Interestingly, the bill also calls for setting up Unified Vehicle
Registration System within one year of the date of this Act coming
into force. This will also enable submission of applications for
registration from anywhere in the country thus facilitating grant of
registration in a transparent, time-bound and efficient manner.
It integrates various stakeholders including manufacturers, insurance
firms, centres of fitness certification, revenue
departments of the Central and state governments, enforcement
agencies, consumers and motor accident claims tribunal to both provide
and share information in order to meet the objectives of this Act.
As per the bill, each state is mandated to develop a roadmap to
implement a unified vehicle registration system, within
one year. Besides there are also plans to establish a national
database of all reports regarding theft of a motor vehicle, as part of
the unified vehicle registration system.
Interestingly, the bill has also drawn flak from experts. Institute
for Transportation and Development (ITDP) regional director Shreya
Gadepalli says that the bill is too complicated and has multiplicity
of authorities. “The bill is well intentioned but too complex when it
comes to setting up various authorities or bodies. The state already
has Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority and the bill is proposing
additional authorities. This will create confusion,” she said.
She also said the bill doesn’t differentiate between highways and
urban streets. “The bill is more or less designed for highways and not
keeping in mind the need of urban roads and streets which is totally a
different entity,” she added
C Shivakumar
Chennai:
Now you can apply for a driving licence anywhere in the country either
electronically or at any competent authority for licensing in the
country if the Road Transport and Safety Bill becomes an act.
According to Road Safety and Transport Bill 2014, the Union government
will set up a Unified Driver Licensing System which enables the
submission of applications for driving licences from anywhere in the
country.
It will facilitate collection of uniform standardised information
including information authenticating the identity of the applicant for
the driving licence, whether through biometric or any other equivalent
unique identification technology.
Interestingly, the bill also calls for setting up Unified Vehicle
Registration System within one year of the date of this Act coming
into force. This will also enable submission of applications for
registration from anywhere in the country thus facilitating grant of
registration in a transparent, time-bound and efficient manner.
It integrates various stakeholders including manufacturers, insurance
firms, centres of fitness certification, revenue
departments of the Central and state governments, enforcement
agencies, consumers and motor accident claims tribunal to both provide
and share information in order to meet the objectives of this Act.
As per the bill, each state is mandated to develop a roadmap to
implement a unified vehicle registration system, within
one year. Besides there are also plans to establish a national
database of all reports regarding theft of a motor vehicle, as part of
the unified vehicle registration system.
Interestingly, the bill has also drawn flak from experts. Institute
for Transportation and Development (ITDP) regional director Shreya
Gadepalli says that the bill is too complicated and has multiplicity
of authorities. “The bill is well intentioned but too complex when it
comes to setting up various authorities or bodies. The state already
has Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority and the bill is proposing
additional authorities. This will create confusion,” she said.
She also said the bill doesn’t differentiate between highways and
urban streets. “The bill is more or less designed for highways and not
keeping in mind the need of urban roads and streets which is totally a
different entity,” she added
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