Smart card for Driving License and Registration Certificate was introduced by Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura on 5th June, 2006 at a function held at Agartala. Agartala is the first city in the entire North-East and Tripura is the 5th state in the country where SCOSTA compliant interoperable smart card has been introduced for Driving License and Registration certificate. NIC has provided the Vahan and Sarathi software product with smart card interface. Various dignitaries including Shri Manik De, Transport Minister, Gour Kanti Goswami, Chairman- STA, Shri S.K.Roy, Commissioner, Shri A.Guha, Transport Secretary, Dr. A. Rama Mohan Rao, Sr. Tehnical Director, C.K.Dhar, SIO, were present during the inauguration. The Chief Minister and the Transport Minister acknowledged NIC’s active support in implementing e-Governance in various departments and across the state of Tripura. The Secretary, Transport also acknowledged support provided by NIC for modernizing Transport Department. Special touch screen kiosks have been setup for citizens that provide information on application status, tax status & assessment, vehicle details etc. The project details are also available at http://tsu.trp.nic.in/transport.