(a) whether the Government proposes to amend Central Motor Vehicles
Act, 1988 to facilitate issuance of driving licence to differently
abled persons;
(b) if so, the details and present status thereof;
(c) whether any driving licence has been issued to a person with
amputated left hand wrist; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
(DR. TUSHAR A. CHAUDHARY)
(a) & (b) The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2012 to amend the
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which is presently pending for consideration
in Lok Sabha, seeks to insert a new Section (3A) in the said Act so as
to introduce a definition of ‘Carriage for persons with disability’.
The Bill also seeks to substitute the existing sub-section (2) of
section 10 of the Act to provide that a learner’s licence or a driving
licence shall also be expressed as entitling the holder to drive a
carriage for persons with disability.
(c) & (d) Driving licences are issued by the licensing authorities
of the States/Union Territories. Data regarding issue of driving
licence to persons with amputated left hand wrist, if any, is not
available with the Ministry.