Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to modify the format of driving licenses to smart card type driving licences. <br />''<br />''Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that his Ministry has prescribed a common standard format and design of the Driving Licence for the whole of the country. <br />''<br />''This Ministry, through its flagship application called SARATHI developed by NIC, has a common countrywide database of all driving license holders. Almost 15 crore driving license records are available in its central repository. <br />''<br />''The SARATHI application has the feature to identify duplicate records online in real time and access information about the challans if any. <br />''<br />''<br />