Integration · Government data
PRACHSO and ULIP
ULIP, the Unified Logistics Interface Platform under the Ministry of Commerce's NICDC Logistics Data Services, gives registered private companies API access to logistics datasets, including VAHAN vehicle records and SARATHI licence records. PRACHSO uses it to read one vehicle or one licence at a time, for the trucks and drivers you add to your workspace.
- Vehicle record: registration, owner, class, body typeInto PRACHSO
- Fitness, permit, insurance, PUC and tax validityInto PRACHSO
- Licence validity, vehicle classes and endorsementsInto PRACHSO
- Hypothecation and blacklist status, where returnedInto PRACHSO
What moves
What is read or written, and which way.
Available on: All plans.
| Data | Direction |
|---|---|
| Vehicle record: registration, owner, class, body type | Into PRACHSO |
| Fitness, permit, insurance, PUC and tax validity | Into PRACHSO |
| Licence validity, vehicle classes and endorsements | Into PRACHSO |
| Hypothecation and blacklist status, where returned | Into PRACHSO |
Setup
4 steps to connect.
PRACHSO's onboarding team does the first import and the mapping with you during the 14-day trial.
- 1
Step 1
Add vehicle numbers and driver licence numbers to your workspace, by hand, Excel or FASTag statement. - 2
Step 2
PRACHSO sends one lookup per record through its registered ULIP access. Nothing is fetched for vehicles you have not added. - 3
Step 3
The returned fields fill the vehicle record and the expiry calendar. Each fetch is logged with time and purpose. - 4
Step 4
Records due within 30 days are re-read daily, the rest weekly, and any record on demand.
Field mapping
Where each field lands.
| ULIP | PRACHSO |
|---|---|
| VAHAN: Registration number | Vehicle number |
| VAHAN: Fitness upto | Fitness valid to |
| VAHAN: National permit upto | National permit valid to |
| VAHAN: Insurance upto | Insurance valid to |
| VAHAN: PUCC upto | PUC valid to |
| VAHAN: Tax upto | Road tax paid up to |
| SARATHI: Validity (transport) | Licence valid to |
How access works
Read-only, per record, through PRACHSO's registered ULIP access. MoRTH withdrew its bulk VAHAN and SARATHI data-sharing policy in 2022, so PRACHSO never downloads datasets in bulk and never scrapes a government website. Field names above are shown in plain terms; the exact list depends on the dataset version ULIP returns.
Questions about ULIP
Do I need my own ULIP account?
No. PRACHSO makes the lookups through its own registered access for the vehicles and drivers in your workspace.
Is ULIP a government data dump?
No. ULIP is an API platform with registration and terms. Each call returns one record, and usage is logged on both sides.
What if a field is not returned?
PRACHSO shows the field as not available from this channel and lets you enter the date from the paper, marked as entered by hand until a later read confirms it.
Know every expiry before the checkpoint does.
Send us your vehicle list. We load your fleet and show you every date and every pending challan on the call.