NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind initiative, principals of four Delhi government colleges were appointed as the Licensing Authority for issuing learner's driving licence for students. Young people studying in Delhi will now be able to get their learner's driving licence from their college or polytechnic, transport minister Kailash Gahlot had announced last week.
The minister had taken to microblogging site Twitter to announce that the Delhi government has empowered directors and principals of colleges to issue learner's licences. "Young and studying in Delhi? You can soon get your Learner's Driving licence from your college itself," the tweet read.
In a notification issued by the Transport Department on Monday, the directors and principals of GB Pant Institute of Technology, Industrial Training Institute, Pusa, Acharya Narendra Dev College and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies will be giving the licenses.
"Directors/principals of these educational institutes are hereby appointed/empowered as Licensing Authority for the issuance of Learner's Driving License to their students subject to the conditions," reads the notification.
Slowly, more colleges will be added to the list, said a government official. A Learner's Licence is valid for up to six months.