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The Central Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a draft notification on Friday for the accreditation of driver training centres. On successful completion of training from such centers, there'll be no requirement of driving test while applying for a driving licence.
In order to impart quality driver training to the citizens, the Ministry has proposed detailed requirements to be met and procedures to be followed by such centres.
"Any individual on successful completion of driver training from such centers, will be exempted from the requirement of driving test while applying for a driving licence," an official release stated.
"The step will also help the transport industry to have specially trained drivers, which will improve their efficiency and reduce road accident," the Ministry stated.
The draft notification issued on 29 January has been uploaded on the Ministry's website for public consultation, and will be formally issued after this stage, it added.
The Road Transport Ministry aims to reduce road accidents by half by the year 2025.
The notification comes as the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is celebrating Road Safety Month from January 18 to February 17, 2021 instead of the National Road Safety Week, which is observed from January 11-17 every year.
Source: livemint.com, indianexpress.com
Written by Siddhant Sharma
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