New Delhi: The government has extended the validity of motor vehicle documents like driving licence (DL), registration certificate (RC) and permits till 30 September, 2021, in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) said it has advised the enforcement authorities that the validity of fitness, permit (all types), licence, registration or any other concerned document(s) may be treated to be valid till 30 September, 2021.
The Ministry said, “this covers all documents whose validity has expired since Feb 1, 2020, or would expire by September 30, 2021. This will help out citizens in availing transport related services, while maintaining social distancing.”
It added that all the states and union territories are requested to implement this advisory in letter and spirit so that citizens, transporters and various other organisation, which are operating under this difficult time, may not get harassed and face difficulties.