Next year, queue up at RTO for smart card RC
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In a move aimed at checking fraud and issues of duplicate registration certificates, vehicle owners will be required to go to the RTO where their photograph and thumb impression will be recorded and stored in a chip on the RC smart cards
Hemington.James
Gujarat was the first state in the country to implement a smart card-based driver’s licence. By next year, the state will introduce smart-cased based vehicle registration certificates (RCs) too, informs Regional Transport Office. This, to prevent issue of duplicate and fraudulent RCs.
The state transport department and the RTO have been working on the modalities of the new system. The vehicle owner will need to go to the RTO where his photograph will be taken and thumb impression recorded. These will be stored in the chip on the smart card along with the registration records. Till now, the dealer used to send the vehicle documents and the signature of the owner was copied onto the RC book.
New system to combat forgery
“We have been planning an upgradation of the RC book. Earlier, the vehicle owner was not required to go to the RTO to get the RC book. The dealer would send the documents directly to the RTO and the signature of the vehicle owner in the documents would be copied to RC book. This would then be delivered by the dealer to the vehicle owner,” said J P Gupta, transport commissioner.
He added, “Under the new system the vehicle owner will have to go to the RTO where his photograph will be clicked and thumb impression taken to be incorporated in the smart card,” Gupta added. The card will have clear visual inspection elements along with some key high-end security features to combat duplicity and forgery.
The new system will ensure no one can tamper with the RC smart card
J N Bhatt, Regional Transport Officer, said: “The system is scheduled to be implemented next year. We will be developing a software for the purpose. The new system will ensure no one tampers with the RC smart card. Right now, we come across many cases where the an individual is clueless about his vehicle sold to someone else on the basis of forged documents.”
The new design for the RC has been prepared by Rupesh Vyas, head of Information Technology Centre at National Institute of Design. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) had given the project to design unified driving licence and RC to Vyas in December 2009. He has also given the visual identity to Unique Identification Number, the country’s most ambitious project.
DIAL 1 FOR LICENCE
The RTO on Wednesday installed an automated voice response software to help callers understand the process of obtaining a licence. All one has to do is dial 27559695 and follow the voice instruction.
“We get at least 50 calls everyday from people wanting to know the procedure of obtaining licence. It is not possible for the officer to answer all the queries. That is why we decided to come up with a voice-automated system,” said RTO J N Bhatt.
In a move aimed at checking fraud and issues of duplicate registration certificates, vehicle owners will be required to go to the RTO where their photograph and thumb impression will be recorded and stored in a chip on the RC smart cards
Hemington.James
Gujarat was the first state in the country to implement a smart card-based driver’s licence. By next year, the state will introduce smart-cased based vehicle registration certificates (RCs) too, informs Regional Transport Office. This, to prevent issue of duplicate and fraudulent RCs.
The state transport department and the RTO have been working on the modalities of the new system. The vehicle owner will need to go to the RTO where his photograph will be taken and thumb impression recorded. These will be stored in the chip on the smart card along with the registration records. Till now, the dealer used to send the vehicle documents and the signature of the owner was copied onto the RC book.
New system to combat forgery
“We have been planning an upgradation of the RC book. Earlier, the vehicle owner was not required to go to the RTO to get the RC book. The dealer would send the documents directly to the RTO and the signature of the vehicle owner in the documents would be copied to RC book. This would then be delivered by the dealer to the vehicle owner,” said J P Gupta, transport commissioner.
He added, “Under the new system the vehicle owner will have to go to the RTO where his photograph will be clicked and thumb impression taken to be incorporated in the smart card,” Gupta added. The card will have clear visual inspection elements along with some key high-end security features to combat duplicity and forgery.
The new system will ensure no one can tamper with the RC smart card
J N Bhatt, Regional Transport Officer, said: “The system is scheduled to be implemented next year. We will be developing a software for the purpose. The new system will ensure no one tampers with the RC smart card. Right now, we come across many cases where the an individual is clueless about his vehicle sold to someone else on the basis of forged documents.”
The new design for the RC has been prepared by Rupesh Vyas, head of Information Technology Centre at National Institute of Design. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) had given the project to design unified driving licence and RC to Vyas in December 2009. He has also given the visual identity to Unique Identification Number, the country’s most ambitious project.
DIAL 1 FOR LICENCE
The RTO on Wednesday installed an automated voice response software to help callers understand the process of obtaining a licence. All one has to do is dial 27559695 and follow the voice instruction.
“We get at least 50 calls everyday from people wanting to know the procedure of obtaining licence. It is not possible for the officer to answer all the queries. That is why we decided to come up with a voice-automated system,” said RTO J N Bhatt.
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