The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide its notification dated 31st March 2021 has published the Central Motor Vehicles (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021, which shall comes into force from 1st April 2021.
Through this amendment rule 8A has been substituted which specifies the Minimum training required for driving E-rickshaw or E-cart.
Every applicant for obtaining a license to drive E-rickshaw or E-cart shall undergo training for a period of at least ten days, the curriculum for which may be prescribed by the State Government and shall obtain a certificate of training from any institution authorised by the State Government.
Further the amendment has revised the conditions to be satisfied for obtaining learners license under rule 11 in which, within seven days of submitting an application, 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.
A new rule 17A has been inserted which states that Any person holding a driving license to drive one or more classes of motor vehicles, whether effective or expired, may apply, to any licensing authority in the State in which he resides or carries on business, for permanently surrendering a class or classes of vehicles from the driving license, in Form 8 along with the driving licence held by the applicant and appropriate fee as specified in rule 32.
