eTransport MMP ensures transparency and boosts revenue for transport ministry

SETTING AN EFFECTIVE example of how IT can take citizen services to the next level, eTransport MMP executed by National Informatics Centre, has automated operations of Regional Transport Offices across the country, benefiting citizens, the police, vehicle dealers, and other stakeholders

- Vishwas Dass

The Ministry of Road-Transport and Highways' (MoRTH)Transport Mission Mode Project (eTransport MMP), executed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), has successfully automated Regional Transport Office (RTO) operations across the country. The project has also achieved a milestone after helped setting up a consolidated nationwide transport database with realtime update and availability.

The eTransport MMP project is an extensive array of G2G, G2B and G2C services, benefiting citizens, transporters, vehicle dealers, manufacturers, police and security agencies, banks, insurance companies, along with various state and Central government departments . It has reached a high maturity level, and centralised, web enabled versions- Vahan 4.0 and Sarathi 4.0 have already been implemented in almost all states, all RTOs of the country, except a few states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh as they use a separate software. Further, the project has a central repository in the form of National Register, hosting over 26 crore vehicle records and 17 crore license records. Successful foray has also been made in the area of traffic enforcement solution through eChallan application, and mParivahan, which is a mobile extension of various transport services. The recently launched PUCC, a web-enabled application which caters to the pollution check points across the country, towards ensuring greater pollution compliance of vehicles, has also been a great success.

NIC claims that the project has brought absolute transparency and helped the transport ministry increase its revenue by using modern ICT tools.