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| Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal handing over a registration certificate to a new car owner during a state level function to launch e governance project of Transport Department at Zirkapur. |
CHANDIGARH, OCT 12
As Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today
handed over smart card registration certificate to Naib Singh who purchased
Maruti Alto from vehicle dealer in Zirakpur, Punjab today scored the major
initiative to become first state in the country authorizing vehicle dealers to
issue permanent registration certificates at the time of purchase of new
vehicle.
Mr. Badal also inaugurated another important citizen friendly e
governance initiative authorizing Principals of Government Colleges to issue learner’s driving license after conducting mandatory tests besides recommending
permanent driving license to DTO.
The Deputy Chief Minister also inaugurated the portal of Punjab Transport Department enabling any vehicle owner to
pay its taxes through online banking.
Describing
it a historic day for the common man of Punjab Mr. Badal said that this major
initiative of transport department has been able to save them from the
harassment of repeated visits to transport department, treasury and banks for
simply getting registration certificate and driving license. He said that this inititiative took three years as total
old record of transport department had to be computerised besides amending
rules and legislation to enable these citizen friendly reforms.
Mr.
Badal said that the conventional system for registration of vehicles was an
ordeal for common man who had to go to bank/treasury for payment of taxes, then
to DTO/ SDM offices multiple times for inspection of vehicles, allotment of
permanent number and finally to collect RC. He said that the entire process was
not only time consuming but painful as he had to wait in long queues and make
several visits.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that the new online registration
of vehicles the interface with the government department including banks has
been totally eliminated. He said that now citizen while purchasing new vehicle
pays motor vehicle tax through online system at dealer vehicle point, gets
permanent number wherein he can make choice out of 50 numbers displayed on real
time basis. He said that after filling the form online while purchasing vehicle
he can go home and would get smart card registration certificate at his
residential address though courier within three to four days.
Mr.
Badal said that he was pained as college students had to make repeated visits
to DTO office to get learner’s license. He said that most of the students to
escape the ordeal used to drive vehicles without license, paying fines several
times. He said that now transport department has authorised college Principals
to issue learner’s driving license after conducting mandatory tests of traffic
rules and regulations. He asked Transport Commissioner to distribute printed
literature about traffic rules to every school and college to educate the
students.
Stressing
upon the importance of traffic rule education Mr. Badal asked Chief Secretary
Mr. SC Aggarwal to make traffic rule education a part of curriculum and schools
and colleges. Mr. Badal said that even for permanent license a person after
getting authority from the college Principal would have to go to DTO office to
get his photograph clicked as his data would be transferred to DTO via
internet.
Mr.
Badal also inaugurated the online payment of taxes under which owners of
commercial vehical would be able to pay their taxes online without visiting
government offices, banks and treasury. Every vehicle owner would get a user
name and password for payment of online tax wherein permanent record of
previously paid taxes of each vehicle would be maintained. If stopped by
traffic constable or transport authority to check status of payment of tax of
that particular vehicle, he would just send an SMS and would get reply SMS
within 30 second showing the payment record of that vehicle. Similarly any
vehicle owner can get print out of history of payment of taxes to be shown to
authorities anywhere.
Thanking
Chief Secretary MR. SC Aggarwal, Secretary Mr. Anurag Aggarwal and total
transport department for their unflinching support and dedication making these
transport reforms a success story Mr. Badal said that he was already getting
queries from neighbouring states regarding the new online system of
registration certificates as these states also want to follow the footsteps of Punjab .
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