The Ministry Road Transport and Highways vide its notification dated 29th January 2021 has Published the Central Motor Vehicle Draft Amendment Rules, 2021 which issues guidelines for setting up Accredited Driver Training Centers.
Rule 31B has been newly inserted which states that no person shall establish or maintain an accredited driver training center for imparting instructions for driving motor vehicles without an accreditation in Form 11 A granted by the State Transport Authority.
An application for the grant or renewal of an accreditation under sub-rule (1) shall be made in Form 12 A or Form 13 A.
The premises where the centre is proposed to be conducted must be either owned by the applicant or is taken on lease by him or is hired in his name, spread over area of 2 acre in plains or 1 acre in hilly districts, as the case may be, and it has adequate infrastructure besides adequate parking area for the vehicles meant to be used for imparting instructions in driving.
An accreditation granted in Form 11 A shall be in force for a period of five years and may be renewed on an application in Form 13 A made to the designated authority which granted the accreditation not less than sixty days before the date of its expiry.
The holder of accreditation shall maintain an electronic register in Form 14 and an alphabetical list of the names of the students admitted during the year and shall conduct the training course according to the syllabus specified in rule 31J.
The designated authority shall monitor the operation of the center and compliance to these rules through regular audits. The first audit will be conducted within 3 months of start of operations of the center and then once every year. The center needs to maintain the documentation of training provided for last 5 years from the date of completion of course. The cost of such audits will be borne by the center.
