Nepal unveiled ‘smart’ driving licence that have chips to store driver
data among other security features.
ecretary at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Tulasi Prasad
Sitaula and Madhu Sudan Burlakoti, director general at the Department of
Transport Management said the government has signed an agreement with
India’s Madras Security Printers to change the existing driving license.
Last March, the DoTM and Madras Security Printers Pvt Ltd signed the
contract for printing 160,000 smart cards. In the contract, DoTM has
also asked the company to install all the networking devices.
The new system will also link to an electoral system as part of a 150
million Nepalese Rupees (US$1.5 million) grant assistance plan from the
Asian Development Bank.
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