As we all know the recent past has been tough, recession and stuff, but for guys like me it was a time of abundance and since I lost my last fake/illegal License during a pockettheft had little choice but to get a new one. Checked with a couple of friends who had got it done in near past and was told straight away. That is one hell of messed up work get an agent pay him a Rs 1000 and you shall have it conveniently. Ideally would have done exactly as they told after listening but since the RTO was en route to my office decided to go there once and check it out myself. Did a bit of googling "driving license in Bangalore India " and like we know the google as the god of information a list of various driving schools sites popped up.Went through the couple of them, 20 min of reading and felt I was ready to give the test for the Learner's. You might wanna check out this blog helped me a lot and actually made be believe that I could get it done myself without a lot of mess and ya off course save some money as well check this link the link http://biturl.net/?3cgeyg (The miser in me got excited...:))
All you need to do is postpone the office till12 noon and reach there by about 10am. A simple form which on a higher probability would be in Kannada. The people there were more than helpful to help me fill it up within 20 min I had filled up the form and was standing in a que. Another 15 min wait and I was led to a classroom like setup. A laminated paper was thrust into my hand with a blank sheet numbered 1-15. Well my reading had helped so did my common sense. Another 10 min I was done, handed over the paper he looked it and said you have passed come in the evening and collect your learner. I was like that's it nothing else he looked me up with irritated eyes picked up my bag and was out of there. Ya one more thing collect your learner btw 4-5 in the evening or go on a working Saturday. Yuppie Level 1 cleared.
Post 30 days you can apply for a permanent driving license, paid the chalan of 250 including the fees and the smart card, reached there just as the first time around 10, got it signed by some gov official and was given a date 15 days ahead as they were packed.. 15 days reached there driving testing center. A Service lane next to park not too far from the Jayanager police station. One trip on the 2 wheeler around the park and you are done, for a guy giving the test he did not even drive just stood there as people crowded around the desk of the checking inspector. And here I was a proud owner of a driving licence.
In a similar fashion changed the ownership of the vehicle to my name as I had bought second hand piece. You will be amazed that it just takes Rs 35 to change the ownership of the vehicle. Some agents could charge you as high as Rs 600.
All I had to do was be punctual early on good terms with my boss and ya less work and ready to work a bit late to complete the stipulated hours.People are helpful but if someone is trying to be too helpful just check if he is not an agent might demand money later for doing nothing. Dont forget to take the following
- Photos
- Address Proof
- Age Proof
- Glue, fevistick, stapler
Once you have all these and you follow all the rules there is not much in getting a license. Just to give you a few figures the agents earn as high as Rs 500 per person and there are about 300 licenses getting done everyday at a single RTO. Keeping 24 working days in month 500*300*24 that is like 36 lakh a month and when we take all the RTO in Bangalore it could well be over 5 Cr a month. For the whole state and then the country you do the math.
A business opportunity in the unorganized sector still to be tapped !!!
