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In addition to this, the department has also introduced a single form for both learning and permanent driving licence to save applicants from filing wrong application and also to simplify the procedure. The department would take at least seven working days to process or update the details of each of the licence holders.“Application for name correction or change of address in driving licence was earlier sent to Bhopal for processing. INDORE: People visiting the regional transport office ( RTO ) of Indore for change of address or name correction will not have to wait for long since the transport department has reduced the deadline for such work.The applicants will now be able to get their updated driving licence on the same day after submission of their applications.Indore RTO on an average receives 5000 applications every month for change of address or name correction. The department has made an online arrangement through which we would be able to process such applications from Indore only,” regional transport officer Jitendra Singh Raghuvanshi said.He said that this move is one of the measures to simplify and speed up driving licence related services at RTO office.“The department has provided us software called ‘Patch Tool’ and with help of this, our clerk or official can update the details of the applicants,” he said, adding that all they will need is to upload the details of the applicant on the software and it will after verifying the documents, update the details.The process will now take hardly an hour or so to complete, and updated licence can be generated immediately after the update.Officials said that most of the RTO work has already become online..