Welcome to Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has been
facilitating computerization of more than 1000 Road Transport Offices
(RTOs) across the country. RTOs issue Registration Certificate
(RC) & Driving License (DL) that are valid across the country.
It was necessary to define same standards for these documents on
a pan-India level to ensure interoperability and correctness and
timely availability of information. SCOSTA committee setup for
this purpose had recommended a uniform standardized software
across the country. Ministry entrusted National Informatics
Centre the task to standardize & deploy the software VAHAN for
Vehicle Registration and SARATHI for Driving Licenses and
compilation of data with respect to Vehicle Registration and
Driving Licenses of all the states in State Register and
National Register.
The VAHAN & SARATHI are
conceptualized to capture the functionalities as mandated by
Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 as well as State motor vehicle
Rules with customization in the core product to suit the
requirements of 36 States.