Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the state-level driving license in PVC PET G format with 8 safety standards prescribed by the Union Transport Ministry today. PVC Pet G card driving license will be inaugurated at the inauguration ceremony of digital enforcement project at Symphony Hall of Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram at 3 pm.

The transport department said that the PVC PET G card with security features like serial number, UV emblem, guilloche pattern, micro text, hot stamped hologram, optical variable ink and QR code cannot be tampered with. These cards are internationally accepted. Distribute this to all new licensees.

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Those who have a laminated driving license can switch to a new smart license by paying Rs 200. The new driving license has come with seven safety features. A new license can be obtained without surrendering the existing license. Just apply online. Those who want the new license by post will also have to pay the postage fee. Exemption is for one year. After that, you will have to pay Rs.1200 and postage for the duplicate driving license.

From May, vehicle registration certificates will also be converted to Pet G Card. Seven security systems are provided in the cards. ATM Pet G cards can be kept in the wallet like cards. A better printing system is used so that the letters do not fade. Unique number, UV light pattern, guilloche design as in notes, border line in micro letters on sides, hologram, image of India that changes color as light falls, QR which can be scanned to get all license information. It has code.

How To Apply

1 – Go to www.parivahan.gov.in website.
2 – Click License Related Services in Online Services
3 – Select State Kerala and continue.
4 – Click on the Replacement of DL icon
5 – Select the RTO and generate the application.
6 – Scan both sides of the original license in hand and upload it.
7 – Complete the online application by paying the prescribed fee

Your PETG smart card license will be delivered to the address on the license within a few days.

Special Attention
Be sure to scan and upload the original licenses currently in hand.

 Driving License : It is believed by the elders that driving license is a very challenging task of our country. Almost everyone is afraid of this test. But now as per the new rule, you will not have to make frequent trips to the Regional Transport Office. 

Not only this, now you will not even have to stand in a long queue at the RTO office and neither will you have to give a driving test. What changes have been made, let us tell you in detail about this.

Driving test is no longer required

According to the changed rules, at present, you will not need to give a driving test in the RTO office to get a driving permit. Now the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has implemented the new rule.

• You can get your Driving License online sitting at home, no need to visit RTO office.
• Now you can drive scooters, motorcycles and cars without a driving license, Know details Immediately.

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Going to driving school

For your information, let us tell you that now you will need to go to driving school instead of RTO office to get driving permit. Yes, you can go to any driving school and enroll your name for the permit. Apart from this, if you want, you can also prepare from a driving school and from there you can also take a certificate of preparation. By doing this you will not have to go through the driving test at the auto office. The certificate you have will be sent after placing it in the permit papers. This way you will also get your driving permit.

Follow this process to make driving license

Let us tell you that according to this new rule, to get a driving license without test, you will have to take training from a recognized driving test center. But these centers should have a validity of 5 years, after which you can renew them. After completion of training in these setters, you will also have to pass the examination conducted by them. After passing, a certificate will be given to you by the center. On the basis of this certificate received by you, the driving license will be issued by the RTO.

Senior citizens can once again get 50 percent discount on train ticket fares. Indian Railways may soon restore the concession available to senior citizens, which was discontinued during the Corona epidemic.

A committee of Parliament has urged the Ministry of Railways to consider reinstating the exemption given to senior citizens in train fare. In this, there has been a demand to restore the relaxation of ticket fare to senior citizens in sleeper class, 3rd AC.

If the Ministry of Railways considers this appeal, then senior citizens can get exemption once again. However, in December 2022, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav made it clear that the discount on ticket fare cannot be restored at present. He told the reason behind this that the pension and salary bill of the Railways is very high. The burden of expenditure on Railways is more than before.

53 percent discount was available

According to the information received from the Ministry of Railways, all the citizens traveling in the train get an average discount of 53 percent on the fare. Along with this, Divyangjans, students and patients get many types of concessions apart from this exemption. Senior citizens were getting such exemption earlier also, but it was withdrawn in March 2020 during the Corona epidemic. Now there is a demand to restore it again.

Discounts were available in all trains

According to the report, the committee noted that the Indian Railways used to give 40 per cent concession in fares to men who were 60 years of age or above and 50 per cent concession to women if the minimum age was 58 years . Let us tell you that senior citizens were getting these concessions in rail tickets in all Mail, Express, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto trains. The Railways withdrew this discount on train ticket fare during the Corona period.

 Driving License is a mandatory document for driving on the road. If you take a vehicle on the road without a driving license, then it will also be considered a legal offense in a way. Because of which driving license is one of the most important and important documents.

The legal age for getting a driving license in India has been fixed at 18 years. Any Indian citizen of the age of 18 years or more can go to the RTO office and get his driving license made. However, getting a driving license by going to the RTO office is quite a hassle. However, you can also get a learning driving license without going to the RTO office.

Ministry of Road Transport gives the facility to make online driving license

The Ministry of Road Transport, which comes under the Government of India, provides the service of getting a driving license online. Using this facility, you can get your driving license done online from the comfort of your home. However, only your learning driving license will be made online. You have to go to the RTO office to get a permanent license.

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What is the complete process of getting online learning driving license

Step 1- To apply for online learning driving license, you must first go to its official website sarathi.parivahan.gov.in/sarathiservice/stateSelection.do. On the website you have to select your state from the drop down list. After this, you have to click on the option of Learner’s License Apply from the list.

Step 2- After this step, you will have to choose the option of giving the test from home. After doing this, you have to check the box of application without driving license issued in the country and then click on the submit button.

Step 3- In the third step, you have to click on the option of Generate OTP after entering the mobile number of the Aadhaar card. After entering the OTP, you will also have to verify all the details.

Step 4- After verifying all the details, one has to check the box to accept the terms and conditions. After this you have to click on the button of Verify.

Step 5- In the fifth step, you have to choose the option of payment of license fee. After that you can give the test. To take the test, you are also required to watch a 10-minute driving guideline video. After the video is over, an OTP and password for the test will be sent to your registered mobile number.

Step 6- Before starting the test, you will also have to fill a form. After that you have to start the test by fixing the front camera on your device.

Step 7 – In the test you will be asked 10 questions out of which you will have to answer six questions correctly. After clearing the test, a link for the license will be sent to the registered phone number. If the test is not cleared, then Rs 50 will have to be paid for the test again.

In order to control pollution and promote circular economy, the Union Ministry of Road Transport has issued a notification of amendment in the Motor Vehicle Act, due to which the registration of these vehicles will be compulsorily cancelled.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has fixed the speed of vehicles on all roads. This speed is different for different categories of vehicles.

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Speed ​​indicators are not installed on the roads of municipality or villages, but for driving faster than the fixed speed, the traffic police can challan you here too. Let’s know what kind of road at what speed you can drive the vehicle.

The speed of driving is fixed on all the roads of the country. Be it expressway or village roads. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has fixed the speed of vehicles. These speeds are different for different categories of vehicles. Speed ​​indicators may not be visible on the roads of municipality or villages, but you can be challaned for driving faster than the fixed speed. Let’s know, on what kind of road, at what speed the vehicle can be driven.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has divided the roads across the country into four categories. The first expressway, the second four-lane or more-lane road with dividers, the third municipal border roads and the fourth category other roads, including roads in rural areas.

Six categories of vehicles have been kept. In which the first is M1 category vehicles, that is, such vehicles which have nine seats apart from the driver, it includes all types of cars. In the second category, there are M1 and M3 category vehicles ie vehicles with nine or more seats apart from the driver. In the third, N category ie goods vehicles have been kept. Bikes are in the fourth category. Quadricycles have been placed in the fifth category and three-wheelers in the sixth. In this way, six categories of vehicles and four categories of roads have been decided.(ads2)

Fixed speed of road and vehicles fixed by the Ministry of Road Transport

M1 category, i.e. vehicles with nine seats apart from the driver, includes all cars – 120 kmph on expressways, 100 kmph on four-lane or more than 4-lane roads with dividers. Per hour, the maximum speed on the roads of the municipal limits is 70 km. per hour and 70 km on other roads. The hourly speed is fixed.

 M1 and M3 category, ie vehicles with nine or more seats apart from the driver – the maximum speed of these vehicles on the expressway is 100 kmph. Maximum 90 km per hour on four lane or more road with divider in the middle. per hour, 60 km on the road of municipal limits. per hour and 60 km on other roads also. The hourly speed is fixed.

N category i.e. goods vehicles – the maximum speed of these vehicles on the expressway is 80 kmph, the maximum speed of 80 kmph on the road of four lanes or more lanes with dividers in the middle. per hour, 60 km on the roads of the municipality border area. 60 km per hour or even on other roads. The speed per hour is fixed.

Motor Cycle – 80 Kms on Expressway (if permitted) Maximum speed of 80 km per hour on a road with divider of four lanes or more lanes. per hour, a maximum of 60 km on the roads in the municipal limits. per hour and 60 km on other roads also. The speed per hour is fixed.

Quadricycle – Not allowed on expressways, maximum speed 60 kmph on roads with dividers on four lanes or more. per hour, a maximum of 50 km on the roads of the municipal limits. per hour and 50 km on other roads also. Hourly speed is fixed.

Three wheelers – not allowed on expressways, maximum 50 kmph on roads with dividers of four lanes or more, maximum speed 50 kmph on roads within municipal limits. per hour and 50 km on other roads also. The hourly speed is fixed.

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Many types of facilities are being provided by the railways for the passengers. Today we will tell you about such a facility, through which you can board the train without a ticket.

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Many times a passenger is unable to get a confirmed ticket or if he does not get a ticket to his destination, then heavy penalty is imposed by the railways. Now you can pay this penalty also through card. Railways is connecting electronic devices with 4G to run them smoothly.

A new step has been taken by the Railways. In this step, you can pay the fare or fine in the train with the debit card. That is, now if you do not have a train ticket, then after boarding the train, you can also get it made by paying with the card.

According to the railway rules, if you do not have a reservation and you have to go somewhere by train, then you can board the train only by taking platform ticket.

You can get tickets made very easily by going to the ticket checker. This rule (Indian Railways Rules) has been made by the Railways itself. For this, you will have to contact TTE immediately by taking a platform ticket. Then TTE will create a ticket till your destination point.

According to the Railway Board, the officers have 2G SIMs installed in the Point of Selling ie POS machines, due to which there is network problem in distant areas, but now you do not need to worry. The facility of 4G SIM is being started by the Railways for these machines, so you can easily make the payment.

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Union Budget 2023: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the last general budget of the second term of the Modi government on February 1, 2023. In this upcoming budget, taxpayers as well as railways and other sectors have high hopes.

For the last few years, the government has not given relief to the taxpayers in the budget. In such a situation, in the upcoming budget 2023, along with taxation, senior citizens are expected to get exemption.

In the upcoming budget, senior citizens can be given concession in rail fare. During the Covid-19 epidemic, these people are not being given tax exemption. Till now, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has not made any promise to give exemption to senior citizens on rail fare. In such a situation, the common man hopes that in the last session of his second term, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can announce a rebate in rail fares.

Railways made tremendous profit

In the last few months, Railways has earned tremendously. According to the data presented by the Railways, during April 2022 to December 2022 i.e. during 9 months, Railways has earned 48,913 crores only from rail fares. At the same time last year, 71 percent earnings have increased in this period. Due to the strong earnings made by the Railways, it is expected that senior citizens can get a discount on the fare.(ads2)

How much discount did senior citizens get?

Before the Corona period, railway employees were given exemption in fare, but due to Covid it has been stopped since 2019. Since then, elderly people have not been able to get exemption in rent. Earlier, persons above 60 years of age were given 40 per cent concession in fares, while women above 58 years of age were given 50 per cent concession in fares.

53 percent discount on rail passenger fare Answering a question in the Parliament, the Ministry of Railways had said that on an average 53 per cent discount is given to all passengers traveling by railways. Apart from this, Railways also gives relaxation to Divyangjan, students and patients. The Railway Minister had said in Parliament that in 2019-20, Railways has given a subsidy of Rs 59,837 crore on passenger tickets. This means that on an average 53 per cent concession has been given.