The Center on Sunday extended the validity of driver’s licenses, registration certificates and other documents related to motor vehicles until March 31 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The validity extension applies to all documents that were supposed to expire on February 1, 2020.
This is the fourth such extension after the previous warnings on March 30, June 9 and August 24. The Ministry of Road and Highway Transport had previously reported that documents such as the certificate of aptitude, permit (all types), driving license and registration certificate would be considered valid until December 31.
“Taking into account the need to prevent the spread of Covid-19, it is further recommended that the validity of all the documents mentioned above can be considered valid until March 31, 2021. This covers all documents whose validity has expired since 1 February 2020 or it would expire on March 31, 2021, “said a statement from the ministry.
Taking into account the current situation, the ministry added: “Law enforcement authorities are advised to process such valid documents until March 31, 2021. This will help citizens to take advantage of transportation-related services, while maintaining social distancing. “
“The government has provided the availability of essential goods and their production and has allowed vehicles to transport said goods / cargo and has further opened the operation of passenger transport in view of the fact that citizens They found it difficult to get the validity of various documents renewed due to the blockade in operation at various stages in different parts of the country and other countries around the world. The renewal of such documents is still causing the gathering of people and long queues in front of transport offices throughout the country, ”said the Union government in a notice to all states and territories of the union (UT).
The ministry has asked all states and UT to implement the recent notice in letter and spirit so that citizens will not face additional challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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