How Does The National Identity Card Work Like A Driving License From Sharwan 1, drivers will be able to show a national identity card instead of a driver’s license. Such a system will be implemented after the Transportation Management Department integrates the database containing the details of 5.5 million service users who have obtained driver’s licenses into the National Identity Card.
Along with this, Uddhav Prasad Rizal, Director General of the Department of Transport Management, informed that the traffic police can only be reached by showing the national identity card.
“Traffic has been given access to a special app to verify the driver’s license,” said Rizal, “They can scan the QR code on the national ID card to get more details of the driver’s license and verify it.” Therefore, the entire work of the driver’s license is done by the national identity card.
According to Rizal, service users are not required to show their national identity card to the traffic police. They provide their national identity card number and the traffic police can see all the details from the app.
Director General Rizal believes that the national identity card bearers will not be able to take any other service until the fine is paid.
What happens if you have already obtained a national identity card, but have not received a driver’s license or have a driver’s license, but do not have a national identity card?
According to Director General Rizal, the data of customers who have both national identity card and driver’s license will be linked automatically.
“If you have a driver’s license and a national identity card, you don’t have to do anything. Everything has been linked through our system,” he said.
What are the 1.2 million smart cards imported by the Department of Transportation?
The Department of Transport Management has recently introduced 1.2 million cards for the distribution of driver’s licenses. Now that the driver’s license will be done by the national identity card, the question has arisen as to what these smart cards are.
“The national identity card is available only for Nepalis in Nepal,” he said. We provide them with smart cards.”
Rizal said that 3,000 such cards are printed daily as urgent cards. According to him, arrangements have been made to provide smart cards to service users in rural areas as well.
The government started distributing smart driving licenses from 2072. The traditional driving license did not have a chip, but the smart driving license included a chip. However, the chip was never used during the test.
What should I do if I have to show my driver’s license to someone other than the traffic police or transport staff?
Not only to show it to the traffic police, but also for various other purposes, the driver’s license has to be shown. For example, if you have to give your vehicle to a driver, you have to see if he has a license. Apart from that, the license must be shown even when the customer joins various ride sharing platforms. Similarly, while working in a delivery company or working in a company, a driver’s license is also required to be shown.
In this case, the customer shows the national identity card, but it does not reveal whether he has a driver’s license or not. Because only the traffic police or transport office staff have access to see the driver’s license.
Therefore, in such a situation, the driver’s license can be shown on the citizen app, said Rizal, the director general of the department. “The citizen app has the facility to view a separate license card,” said Rizal, “others do not have a system to view the card inside the national identity card, so they have to view it through the citizen app.”
How many have yet to get a national identity card and driving license?
According to the Transport Management Department, more than 55 lakh service users are eligible to get driver’s license. However, 2.1 million of them have not been able to get a driver’s license.
In the case of National Identity Card, the National Identity Card and Registration Department has imported 12 million cards. Out of that, 4 million cards have been printed and 8 million cards are yet to be printed.
Previously, the national identity card was not used that much. According to Rizal, the demand for national identity card will be high as 10 services including social security service, insurance and driver’s license can be obtained from it. He said that they are preparing to provide national identity cards by giving priority to service users who need to get a license.
How easy is the national identity card to work as a driver’s license?
The government has introduced a citizen app to provide services and information to the citizens through a single electronic system in a fast, efficient, economical and effective manner by maintaining interconnection between the electronic information systems in public bodies.
Initially, the traffic police did not recognize the license in it. The traffic police said that the card cannot be recognized because the policy is to keep the physical card, especially if the driver is prosecuted. However, later the traffic police made arrangements to recognize the card in the app during normal checks.
What is the procedure for license renewal?
Rizal said that even though the National Identity Card works like a license, the renewal process will be the same as before. He said, “The process of renewing the license does not mean that the process of making a national identity card will change.” As before, if the license expires, it should be updated. A health check is required to update.”
If not renewed on time, the card shows ‘error’. He said that if such card is found by the traffic, they should be punished.
What is different about this is that after renewing, you don’t have to get a new card. The details of the card integrated in the identity card are updated,” he said.