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People with mild to medium color blindness can get the driving licence now

The Road Transport and Highways Ministry have finally made amendments in the motor vehicle act and with the new amendment, people with mild to medium colour blindness can obtain the driving licence now. The Ministry has issued a notification for an amendment to the Form 1 and Form 1A of the Central Motor Vehicles (CMV) Rules, 1989 for enabling the citizens with mild to medium colour blindness in obtaining the driving licence.

Similar facility to colour blind people is allowed in many countries.

The ministry received representations that the colour blind citizens are not able to have the driving licence made as restrictions through the requirements in the declaration about physical fitness (FORM 1) or the medical certificate (FORM 1A) makes it difficult," the statement said.

"The issue was taken up with medical expert institution and advice was sought. The recommendations received were to allow mild to medium colour blind citizens to be allowed to drive and put restrictions only on the severe colour blind citizens from driving," the statement said.

"It was brought to the notice of the ministry that the colour blind citizens were not being able to get the driving licence made although they are able to perform all functions properly except identifying colours. The matter was sympathetically examined consulting the medical experts," the ministry had said earlier.

It had been reported that the citizens with a certain degree of colour blindness can be provided with driving licence, it had said.