<p class="bodytext">All approval process for driving licenses will be computerised to ensure that only genuine trained drivers get authorisation, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said at least one model driving training centre will be set up in each district of a state or Union Territory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Financial assistance of up to Rs 1 crore will be provided by the ministry, while the state agency will invest an equal amount of grant under the scheme, he told reporters here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that soon there will be no human interface in granting driving licences, especially to heavy vehicle drivers in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 16.72 lakh driving licences were found "possible duplicates" after analysing records of 6.70 crore licences, Parliament was informed earlier this week.</p>
<p class="bodytext">All approval process for driving licenses will be computerised to ensure that only genuine trained drivers get authorisation, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said at least one model driving training centre will be set up in each district of a state or Union Territory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Financial assistance of up to Rs 1 crore will be provided by the ministry, while the state agency will invest an equal amount of grant under the scheme, he told reporters here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that soon there will be no human interface in granting driving licences, especially to heavy vehicle drivers in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 16.72 lakh driving licences were found "possible duplicates" after analysing records of 6.70 crore licences, Parliament was informed earlier this week.</p>
