Daily Current Affairs Article 12th January 2021: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification on 7th Jan 2021 to facilitate the issuance of International Driving Permit (IDP) for Indian citizens whose IDP has expired while they are abroad.
There was no mechanism for its renewal while citizens were abroad and their IDP had expired. Now, with this amendment, it is proposed that Indian citizens can apply for renewal through the Indian Embassies/Missions abroad, from where these applications would move to the VAHAN portal in India, to be considered by the respective RTOs.
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IDP would be couriered to the citizen at his/her address abroad by the respective RTOs.
This notification also removes the conditions of a Medical Certificate and a valid visa at the time of making the request for the IDP in India.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has set up a central depository called Vahan to store data relating to all vehicles.
Vahan’ is the National vehicle registry, which intends to collate all the information available with road transport authorities for easy access by both citizens and regulators.
