Immediately provide driving license to those who have passed exams, PM Prachanda instructs

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Jan 22: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has instructed the concerned authorities to immediately provide the documents including the driving license, national identity card and passports to those recipients who have completed the procedures such as passing the driving test or submitting the forms.

PM Prachanda made the instruction at an integrated discussion on issues related to driving license, national ID card and passports.

The discussion was held today at the Prime Minister's office in Singha Durbar.

PM Prachanda took it as a serious issue that about 1.4 million service recipients were waiting for getting driving license even after passing the driving exams, and directed the Department of Transport Management to provide the license immediately, according to the PM's secretariat.

"This is the age of technology. Information technology is especially important of all. We have to focus on integrated technology and deliver the results. For this to happen, state agencies should work in uniform and in a coordinated manner," said the PM.   

The PM assured the concerned departments that he would ensure necessary budgets and related policies for timely delivery of services. "I need the results. People blame me for the failure although it is you, the departments, who are at the delivery point."

Present in the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Foreign Affairs Minister NP Saud, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Prakash Jwala, Chief Secretary of the Government Dr. Baikuntha Aryal, Secretary of Home Affairs Dinesh Bhattarai, Secretary at the  Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Keshav Kumar Sharma, Director General of Department of Transport Uddhav Prasad Rijal, Director General of Department of Passport Laxman Khanal, Director General of Department of National ID Card and Records Yuvaraj Kattel, among others.