Good news, you will not have to carry your driving licence and vehicle registration certificate anymore in physical form, as the government has integrated these with the Digi-Locker. The DigiLocker mobile app was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July 2015

The government on Wednesday launched a new service through which a user can access their driving licence and registration certificate digitally and need not carry a physical copy all the time.

RTA m-Wallet:

‘RTA m-Wallet’ helps motorists avoid physically carrying documents like driving licence, registration certification and other vehicle-related papers. Motorists can show ‘RTA m-Wallet’ on their smartphones to police or Road Transport Authority (RTA) authorities during checking.

The Digilocker service was launched by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi. This will help in integration of mobile application DigiLocker with the driving licence and vehicle registration certificate.

Minister of Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said: “the integration will bring a paradigm shift in the vision of paperless governance. It will serve to bring agility and efficiency to the entire process of issuance of driving licenses and vehicle registration certificates through IT enablement.”

A press release issued by the government reads: “Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration documents can now be issued directly to the DigiLockers of individuals in digital formats.”

The issuing of driving licences and vehicle registration documents will be made directly to the Digi-Lockers of individuals in digital formats. Data from the regional transport office (RTO) will directly be uploaded to the locker. DigiLocker helps you consolidate all your important papers at one place, in digital format.

How To Open Digilocker Account ?

You just need to have an Aadhaar card linked to your cell number to open an account. “In case the traffic police or any other government authority asks you for verification, you can show all your documents on DigiLocker mobile app. They can verify details through their own app too,” Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari said at the launch of the service.

The citizens can also use their Passport as identity proof. These documents can be used in various purposes with ease.

You can upload various documents in jpg or pdf format. DigiLocker helps you consolidate all your important papers at one place, in digital format.

This is how your Digilocker account looks like after uploading the documents.

DigiLocker+ initially be introduced in Delhi and Telangana first, where traffic police officials already issue e-challans in these two states. The road transport and highways ministry have already made a database of more than 19-crore vehicle registration certificates and over 9-crore driving licences available online.