On Thursday, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued an advisory to all the states and Union territories to extend the validity of the driving license, other vehicle documents along with the Registration Certificate and permits.
The date has been extended till October 31, 2021. The ministry has stated that this covers all the documents whose validity has been expired since the month of February 1, 2020, or else it would expire by 31st October.
“It was advised that the validity of Fitness, Permit (all types), Driving License, Registration or any other concerned document(s) whose extension of validity could not be, or was not likely to be, granted due to lock-down and which had expired since 1st of Feb, 2020, or would expire by 30th of September, 2021, the same may be treated to be valid till 30th of September, 2021. Enforcement authorities were advised to treat such documents valid till 30th of September, 2021,” the ministry said.
