The Government has taken steps to implement the new system of issuing motor vehicle revenue licences in Sri Lanka at provincial level.
Accordingly, its establishment will be implemented in eight provinces from October 3.
This new system will be implemented first in the North-West, South, North-Central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, East, North and Uva Provinces and the current vehicle revenue licence issuance system (eRL 1.0) operative in the Western Province will continue to be implemented, the Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency said.
Accordingly, the issuance of revenue licences at all provincial Motor Transport Department head offices and Divisional Secretariats throughout the country has been temporarily suspended on September 27 and October 2, 2023 and the facility of obtaining revenue licences online will also be halted temporarily, until October 6, 2023 midnight, the agency said.
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) with the support of the Provincial Motor Transport Department has carried out work to modernise the current vehicle revenue licence issuance system. The vehicle revenue licence issuance solution introduced in December 2009 was the first Government-connected transaction service available to vehicle owners in Sri Lanka. Operated as a centralised web platform used by Divisional Secretariats for issuance of Vehicle Revenue Licences, this system also provides an online service for licence renewal.
Various stakeholders including the Department of Motor Transport, Provincial Motor Departments, Insurance Companies, Vehicle Emission Testing Companies, Banks and Financial Organizations are connected through this solution. This solution manages the revenue licence records of all vehicles in the country and is secured by the Lanka Government Cloud infrastructure service.
More than six million have availed themselves of this service through the vehicle revenue licence issuance system currently in operation and have earned an income of between Rs.10 and 12 billion. This service has been provided at over 550 locations in the country covering 333 Divisional Secretariats.
It is expected that the implementation of the new eRL 2.0 system will be a very important step in the process of creating digital development in Sri Lanka and likewise, the provision of more effective and efficient Government services to the people of Sri Lanka through the use of digital technology will be ensured through this digital solution.
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