RTOs shift to cashless payment

The State Transport Department has introduced cashless payment for collection of fees for driving licence related works in transport offices across the State.

Web portal

According to the department sources, at present, services such as issue of driving licence, vehicle permits, registration certificates, fitness certificates, payment of taxes were being processed through web portal using customised software “Vahan” and “Sarathi” (version – 4) developed by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways through National Informatics Centre.

Though the applications for driving licence are submitted online, the processing fee is collected at the cash counters functioning in the transport offices.

MoU signed

To make the payment cashless, the Transport Department has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the State Bank of India as an aggregation for collection of taxes and fees through e-payment gateway of the bank.

The online payment through e-payment gateway will be implemented for all the licence related transactions from October 1, the sources said.

The Transport Commissionerate has directed all the Regional Transport Offices in the State to display on their premises the flowchart for online payment, the sources added.