The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in its gazette notification dated 29th May 2020 has further amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989.
Key highlights from the amendments:
A new term “Facilitation Center” under the definition clause has been inserted, the Facilitation Center means any physical facility which may be notified by the Central Government or a State Government or both as the case may be, containing necessary resources and authorized persons to facilitate access to and use of Portals by any person, either for a charge or otherwise.
Rule 8A which deals with “minimum training required for driving E-rickshaw or E-cart”, it is specified that every applicant for obtaining a license to drive E-rickshaw or E-cart shall undergo training for a period of at least ten days and obtain a certificate of training from any institution authorized by the State Government.
Under Rule 11 which specifies the “conditions to be satisfied for learner’s license”, it is specified that within 7 days of submitting an application under Rule 10, every applicant for a learner’s licence shall complete a tutorial on safe driving, electronically on a Portal, either accessed by the applicant himself or with the help of a Facilitation Centre.
Every application for renewal of a driving license to drive a vehicle other than a transport vehicle shall be accompanied by a medical certificate in Form 1A issued electronically on the Portal by a registered medical practitioner referred to in sub-section (3) of section 8, in case the applicant has attained the age of forty years.
Rule 144A, related to the recording of adapted vehicle, it is specified that the owner must be within fourteen days from the date on which the endorsement of the adapted vehicle is made by the registering authority in the certificate of registration to the authorized insurer who has insured the vehicle the particulars of the adaptions made accompanied by the endorsed certificate of registration, so that the authorized insurer may make necessary changes in his record.
The ministry has invited objections or suggestions, if any, from the public which shall be sent within 30 days from the date on which the copies of this notification published in the Gazette of India. The objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (MVL), email: jspb-morth@gov.in, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.
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