full story » Govt vows to issue over 300,000 driving licences by mid-August

Jun 13, 2018-The Department of Transport Management (DoTM) has said it will complete distribution more than 300,000 smart driving licences by mid-August.

Around 400,000 licence cards and additional printing equipment have been procured
to ensure the process is completed within two months, according to the department.
Apart from 200,000 driving licences to be issued to new-riders, the department has
 received an additional 100,000 applications for licence renewal. Since such licences
are hand-written, the department will have to issue fresh cards, taking the total number
of driving licence cards to be issued to 300,000.

DoTM Spokesperson Tulsi Ram Aryal informed that the department has procured four new printing machines, taking the total number of machines to nine.

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“These machines will be operated in double shift to meet the target within the stipulated time,” Aryal told the Post, adding that the department can now issue 5,000 smart driving licences each day. “As demand for licence cards stands at around 4,000 daily, we are sure of normalising licence distribution within two months.”

After clearing the backlog, the department will start issuing smart driving licence to the applicants within a couple of days, Aryal assured.The DoTM introduced the smart driving licence in December 2015. The new driving licence resembles bank ATM card with electronic chips which can store information like the driver’s identity and vehicle registration number, among other data. Transports offices across the country can access to the data recorded on the smart driving licence. The traffic police and insurance agencies, among other authorities concerned, can also access to information about the licence holders.

The government had planned to complete the entire replacement process within three to five years. The replacement process was delayed due to slow progress, the DoTM official accepted.

The department expects to receive an additional 350,000 licence cards within a couple of weeks to cater to the demands. The government prints smart driving licence cards in Kathmandu and distributes them across the country through its zonal and district offices.

Meanwhile, the department has said that there were no reports of disturbance in the written and practical examinations for driving licence across the nation. “We had issued circulars to the transport offices, asking them to make financial adjustment before the new fiscal year. Services in some of the offices might have been affected for a few days. The report about complete closure of licence service is false,” Aryal said.

- thekathmandupost

But What I don't see is , What sectors the revenue of Nepal is being generated?

First federal budget aims 8pc growth Focuses on energy, infrastructure and proposes a string of reforms in social and agriculture sectors 

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I would like to suggest Nepal Govt. to generate self income by establishing its own factories in Nepal , generating employment 
opportunities in Nepal.
We ought to produce our own bike , cars and other machinery. These things are of high demands and use in Nepal at present.

Raising literacy rates without proper placement doesn't solve problems in country.

Instead of raising taxes ;    Raise peoples income, opportunities, jobs, living standards, Intellectual capability, Raise new Investments, Factories , establishments etc. When People will earn more , they will pay as per ability willingly.

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