India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways implements a central sector scheme for setting up of Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR), Regional Driving Training Centres (RDTCs) and Driving Training Centres (DTCs) in States/UTs. The aim of the scheme is to improve road safety by way of inculcating good driving habits through driving training in systematic and scientific manner, issue of driving licenses based on an objective scientific process of testing skills and employment generation in transport sector.

The Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT), Pune, serves as the Program Monitoring Agency under the scheme. Additionally, a societ...