The Smart card based driving license (SCDL) system was launched in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on 9th April 2013 by District Magistrate Shri Surendra Singh, IAS. The first SCDL of the district was issued to the DM by the Asst. Regional Transport Officer Shri Jaishanjar Tiwari after completion of the required formalities such as bio-metric scanning of thumbs, digital signature and digital photograph of the applicant. Senior officials of the district administration - Shri Rajesh Srivastava (ADM-FR), Sri Manoj Singh (ADME), Dr. Indermani Tripathi (City Magistrate), Sri Gaurav Tyagi (DIO-NIC), Dr. Hemant Gaur (PSA) and Sri Devmani Bharti (ARTO-Enforcement) were also present during the launch

With the launch of SCDL, obtaining DLs has become simpler for the applicants of the district . The new DL comes in tamperproof plastic card with microchip processor embedded in it. The chip contains information like blood group, date of birth and thumb impression of the applicant that is digitized on the chip using SARATHI software, developed by National Informatics Centre. The system aims to restrict the issuance of fake and duplicate DLs as the applicants will have to be physically present before the authorities to submit their thumb impression, photos and digital signatures. 

A fee of Rs.300 will be charged for issuing new SCDL and Rs.200 will be charged for converting old DL into the new SCDL.