Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Under 5 T initiatives, a number of citizen-centric services of the State Transport Authority were launched where it will help to hold on to the services through online mode for the citizens from anywhere and anytime.
The service was launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik where with this the transport offices of the State have gone paperless permitting the citizens to get the services online from any place at any time.
As per the report around nine services were launched through video conferencing. These services include- vehicle registration, auto-approval of goods and contract carriage permits, special permits for buses, online application of international driving permit, renewal of registration and transfer of ownership in any RTO of the state, learners license through mobile APP.
CM Patnaik during the inauguration stated that the state government is committed to providing Citizen-Centric Services in a hassle-free manner through the online process, system improvement, and automation. The transport sector is very essential in the daily routine and that the vehicle registration process has been now made paperless. The long queues in front of transport offices now will be avoided as the online system will make it easier and time saver.
He further informed that Odisha is the first State in the country using the platform of NIC to introduce document upload through Digital Signature with auto number generation, thereby dispensing with the submission of paper documents at the local Road Transport Offices, and allowing the owner to register the vehicle at any Transport Office of the State.
Odisha is also the first to introduce Learner License Application in UMANG App, the mobile platform of the National E-Governance Division. The CM congratulated the Transport Authority for taking the initiative to gain pre-eminence in the application of digital technology.
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