Online tax payment facility for transporters in MP

Madhya Pradesh has introduced dealer point registration and online tax payment facility for state transporters and vehicle owners.

"Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country which has introduced online tax facility. Now the 500,000-odd vehicle owners no longer need to do rounds of road transport office (RTO) and banks for payment of taxes. This would greatly help weed out corruption, besides saving time," Minister for Transport Himmat Kothari said.

"Now, all the facilities concerning registration are available with the dealers," he said.

The department has developed an internet-based system for registration of the vehicles under which the dealers of vehicles have been given the powers for registration of vehicles, he added.

The state government has decentralised the powers to issue driving licenses and the principals of higher secondary school and colleges have been authorised to issue learning licenses to students and to people in their respective areas, he said.

"The department is going to set up the first driving training centre at Indore with the cooperation of Central government, each in every division of the state," he said.