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Driving Licence and Vehicle Guides for India
Step-by-step guides to India's driving licence, vehicle and road-rule services: what to do, what it costs, which documents you need and how to fix the usual problems. Every guide links to the official government service and the rules behind it. We are an independent website, not the Parivahan government portal.
What do you need to do?
Pick a guide. Each one covers the whole task on one page: who can apply, documents, fees, the official steps, how to check it worked, and what to do when something goes wrong.
Start here
Get and keep a licence
- Learner licenceApply online, take the test (from home in many states), fees, print your LL.
- Permanent driving licenceFrom learner to full licence: test booking, test day, fees, retest, delivery.
- Renew a driving licenceValidity by age, the renewal window, medical at 40+, late renewal and a planner.
- Duplicate driving licenceLost, stolen or damaged licence: police report, Sarathi steps, fees, old booklet to smart card.
- Change or correct DL detailsChange address, name, date of birth, photo or biometrics on your licence.
- Update mobile number on DL and RCChange the phone number on your licence (Sarathi) and RC (VAHAN), with or without Aadhaar.
- Application status and problemsCheck Sarathi status, find your application number, fix payment and upload errors.
- DL and RC in DigiLockerAdd your licence and RC to DigiLocker or mParivahan; why photos and PDFs don't count.
- International Driving PermitApply on Sarathi with Form 4A, ₹1,000 fee, documents, validity and renewing from abroad.
Learn the road
- Road signsEvery type of Indian road sign with pictures: what circles, triangles and rectangles mean.
- Road markings and signalsSolid and broken lines, yellow box, every traffic light including flashing, and hand signals.
- Traffic rulesKeep left, overtaking, right of way, speed limits by vehicle, parking, horn, lights.
- Learner licence testTopics, the 60% pass mark, online test from home, RTO computer test and retests.
- Practical driving testThe 24 skills in rule 15, test-day papers, automated tracks, Form 5B exemption and retests.
Practise
- Mock testsFree learner licence practice: signs, rules and documents, with every answer explained.
- Animated driving testWatch 10 animated road situations, choose what to do, then see the correct action.
- Driving simulatorDrive a highway in your browser: keep left, overtake right, obey limits, answer rule questions.
Vehicle papers
- New vehicle registrationDealer registration on VAHAN, Forms 20, 21 and 22, fees, fancy numbers and temporary registration.
- RC renewal after 15 yearsForm 25, renewal fees by age, late fees, fitness test, green tax and a fee estimator.
- Duplicate RCLost, stolen or torn RC: Form 26, police report, loan consent, fees and VAHAN steps.
- Remove hypothecationRemove the bank's name from your RC after the loan: Form 35, bank NOC and VAHAN steps.
- HSRP number plateWho needs HSRP, booking for older vehicles, prices, colour stickers and safe booking.
- BH series registrationEligibility, Form 60, the 2-year tax, converting an existing vehicle and a tax estimator.
Buy, sell and move
Everyday ownership
- FASTagBuy and recharge a FASTag, the ₹3,075 annual pass, blacklisting and refunds.
- PUC certificateWhen you need a PUC, how long it lasts, online check, cost, fine and no-PUC-no-fuel.
Insurance
- Motor insurance claimMake a car or bike insurance claim: steps, documents, deductions, theft and complaints.
- Vehicle theftFile the FIR at once, tell the insurer and RTO, close the FASTag and make the theft claim.
Challans and fines
- Check and pay a challanCheck a challan by vehicle number, pay it, contest a wrong one, and avoid fake challan links.
- Lok Adalat for challansSettle pending challans at a Lok Adalat: dates, token booking, limits and what to carry.
Accidents
Help
Which official website should you use?
All licence and vehicle services run on a few government websites. Use only these addresses. Look-alike websites and apps copy their design to take fees or personal details.
Sarathi: driving licences
Learner licence, driving test booking, permanent licence, renewal, duplicate, address change and the mobile number on your licence.
Open Sarathi sarathi.parivahan.gov.inVAHAN: vehicles
Registration certificate (RC), ownership transfer, duplicate RC, removing a bank loan from the RC, NOC, the mobile number on your RC.
Open VAHAN vahan.parivahan.gov.ineChallan: traffic fines
Check whether a challan is real, see its details and pay it online.
Open eChallan echallan.parivahan.gov.in Trap: challan messages with links or APK files. Type the address yourself instead.DigiLocker and mParivahan: digital copies
Your licence and RC on your phone. Copies fetched in these apps from the transport department are accepted like the originals; a photo of the card is not.
Open DigiLocker digilocker.gov.inParivahan: all transport services
The Ministry of Road Transport's main portal links to every online service by state.
Open Parivahan parivahan.gov.inHow we write these guides
- Checked against official sources. Every rule and fee comes from a government notification, an official portal or a state transport department page, listed at the end of each guide with the date we checked it.
- State differences shown honestly. Fees and test formats differ between states; we show the central rule and examples from states that publish their own.
- Nothing to sell. We do not sell insurance, loans or agent services, and we never ask for your licence number, vehicle number, Aadhaar or OTP.
- Kept up to date. When a rule changes, we update the guide and its "Updated" date. Spotted a mistake? Use the Report button on any page.