Chip shortage hits issuance of smart driving licences, registration cards – The Economic Times

During most of 2022 and the beginning of 2023, disruption in the supply chain and the Russia-Ukraine war caused a shortage of chips that meant that smart drivers’ license were not issued, said Pethi Sarguru, CEO of Versatile Card Technology( VCT) one of the largest manufacturers of smart cards used for PAN cards and voter IDs.