Odisha RTOs Go Paperless, Now Get Learner’s License On Mobile App

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched several citizen centric services of the State Transport Authority. Henceforth, the transport offices of the State will become paperless enabling people to avail almost all types of services including learner’s license online from any place at any given time.

As many as nine services were rolled out on virtual mode during the occasion. The services include vehicle registration, auto approval of goods and contract carriage permits, special permits for buses, online application of international driving permit, renewal of registration and transfer of ownership in any RTO of the state, learners licence through mobile APP.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the freedom to choose any transport office of the State for vehicle related services will be come in handy and liberate the citizens from burden of visiting the RTOs. The long queues in front of transport offices will soon be a thing of past, Patnaik said.

The CM highlighted that Odisha has become the first State in the country in using the platform of NIC to introduce document upload through Digital Signature with auto number generation. The new facility will help dispense the submission of paper documents at the local Road Transport Offices, and allow the owner to register the vehicle at any Transport Office of the State.

Patnaik also added that the state is also the first to introduce Learner License Application in UMANG App, the mobile platform of National E-Governance Division.

Here Is The List of Online Services

1. Automated and Hassle free Vehicle Registration
2. Auto Approval of Contract Carriage Permit
3. Auto Approval of Goods Carriage Permit
4. Auto Approval of Inter State Special Permit for buses
5. Auto Approval of Inter Region Special Permit for buses
6. International Driving Permit
7. Learner’s Licence in UMANG mobile APP
8. Renewal of Registration in any RTO
9. Transfer of Ownership in any RTO
10. Registration of Vehicles

What Are Benefits Of The New Services

Paperless - Documents are submitted in electronic form. On an average 1 crore pages of paper will be saved in a year, which is equal to saving 1000 trees per annum.

Contactles - The visit to the RTO office for submission and verification of documents is dispensed and the whole process has become contactless.

Authentication - The uploaded documents are authenticated through digital signature of the Dealer.

Auto Assignment - The registration number is auto generated by the system soon after payment of tax at dealer point.