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{{short description|Receipt for payment, used in India and Pakistan}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
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'''Challan''' is an official [[Form (document)|form]] or other kind of [[document]], piece of paperwork, [[Citation (police)|citation]], etc. It is a way of [[crediting]] the money to one's [[bank account]] through a form, generally used in [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] as a receipt for [[payment]] or [[delivery (commerce)|delivery]].

== Use ==
An example of a challan would be a spot [[traffic ticket]] issued by the [[traffic guard|traffic police]] for a violation. This challan would then have to be paid directly by cash, at an e-seva center, or by any other payment mode as specified on the challan. [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] and Andhra Pradesh has also introduced mechanism to enable payment of e-challans with the help of PDAs on road by commuters for their pending e-challans.

== e-challan ==
E-challan is an electronic format of challan. An e-challan can also be defined as a specific format used for depositing or remitting the contribution or statutory payment at a bank or treasury.

The government of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] has established a new challan system called e-challans. They have also established a website where one can check if their vehicle has any [[traffic offences]] registered against it. This website will detail the offence description, [[Fine (penalty)|fine]] amount, user charges, and the total fine amount. In [[Coimbatore]] city the system started in October 2013 and service uses hand-held machines for Spot Fining System, which runs on a low cost platform named VIOLET (Violation Prevention and Regulation Enforcement), which runs of android-based tablets or cellular phone and is also integrated to a Bluetooth printer to dispatch receipts.<ref>{{cite news | title = Police to use hand-held machines to issue e-challans |newspaper= The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-to-use-handheld-machines-to-issue-echallans/article5209064.ece |date=7 October 2013| access-date = 2014-06-25 |last1= Palaniappan |first1= V. S. }}</ref>

e-challan system is being introduced in other cities of India and is now operational in [[Ahmedabad]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/e-challan-makes-a-comeback-from-april-15/articleshow/63521755.cms |title=E-challan makes a comeback from April 15 | newspaper=The Times of India | first=Himanshu | last=Kaushik | date=28 March 2018 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> [[Chennai]], [[Hyderabad]], Bangalore, [[Uttar Pradesh]], Delhi,<ref>{{cite web|author=Christopher Gonsalves |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/frustations-rise-over-new-traffic-e-challan-system-in-delhi-1187330-2018-03-12 |title={{sic|Frus|tations|nolink=y}} rise over new traffic e-challan system in Delhi | IndiaToday |publisher=Indiatoday.in |date=2018-03-12 |access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref> and Vijayawada. It is being evaluated at Mumbai and Pune.

== See also ==
* [[Economy of India]]
* [[Economy of Pakistan]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wiktionary|challan}}
* [http://www.htp.gov.in Hyderabad Traffic official web site : click on eChallan Status]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140528163722/https://cg.nic.in/eChallan/ EChallan] [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]

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[[Category:E-commerce in India]]
[[Category:E-government in India]]
[[Category:Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Government of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Road transport in India]]
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>Neils51 at 04:53, 13 July 2021