Government Sold Driver License Data to 87 Private Companies for Rs 65 Crore - Nitin Gadkari

The Vahan and Sarathi service contains around 25 crore vehicle enrollment records and 15 crore driving permit records. n line with the Government's arrangement to utilize information to produce income, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has uncovered that the legislature is selling vehicle enlistment and driving permit information of Indians and gaining cash from it. 


Answering to an inquiry exhibited by Congress MP Husain Dalwa, who inquired as to whether the administration has proposed to sell Vahan and Sarathi database in mass (and) assuming this is the case, the evaluated an incentive for the deal, Gadkari expressed that it has given 87 private and 32 government elements access to Vahan and Sarathi database which has yielded an income of Rs 65 crore up until now. The Vahan and Sarathi service keeps up the Centralized National Registry through the National Informatics Center and it contains roughly 25 crore vehicle enlistment records and 15 crore driving permit records. For the equivalent, the Road Transport and Highways Ministry has additionally made "Mass Data Sharing Policy and Procedure". Associations looking for mass information can get it at a cost of Rs 3 crore Gadkari said. Instructions foundations looking for the information can acquire it for "inquire about purposes and inside utilize just" at a cost of Rs 5 lakh.

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