All about Accredited Driver Training.
                     All about 
Accredited 
Driver 
Training
INTRODUCTION
There will soon be no need to navigate through 
the maze of bureauracy and agents at the local 
road transport authority office, perform a 
driving test before an official and also, maybe, 
grease a few palms, in order to obtain a driver’s 
license in India.
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PROPOSED RULES
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 
under Nitin Gadkari has come out with proposed 
rules that will enable the setting up of 
Accredited Driver Training Centres across the 
country. 
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TECHNIQUES OF FUEL-
EFFICIENT DRIVING
The government, through a draft notification 
issued, has sought to amend the Central Motor 
Vehicles Rules, to enable existence of these 
training centres in a new avatar as well as 
introduce techniques of fuel-efficient driving in 
the training module for all aspiring drivers.
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COMMENTS/OBJECTIONS
The government has invited 
comments/objections, if any, from the public for 
the next 30 days on the draft notification. After 
that the final version will be notified and be part 
of the official rules.
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What is the update to 
Central Motor Vehicle Rules?
Rule 14 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules 
prescribes what an application for a driver’s 
license shall accompany. This includes things 
like necessary documents, a learner’s license, 
and even a certificate from an authorized 
driving training school.
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SECURE A LICENSE
Now, to make this certificate enough to secure 
a license without performing a test at the 
licensing authority’s office, the proposed rules 
insert certain changes.
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Accredited Driver Training 
Centres
Anyone can set up these training centres 
providing they fulfil the accreditation criteria 
laid down by the Centre, which includes an 
accreditation fee of Rs 50,000.
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Criteria
To get a license, a candidate will have to go 
through 29 hours of training in four weeks, in 
which 21 hours are practical training including 
four hours in simulator, virtually driving through 
rain, fog, night etc.
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Medium to heavy vehicles
For medium to heavy vehicles, the training is 
for 29 hours spread over 38 weeks in which 17 
hours are in theory classes and 21 hours are in 
practical including three hours on a simulator.
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Features of the training 
centre
For this, the training centres should have 
infrastructure of at least 2 acre in plains or 1 
acre in hilly districts, besides adequate parking 
area for the vehicles meant to be used for 
training.
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