No more surge pricing: Maharashtra fixes upper limit for fares of app-based cabs
5 years ago

No more surge pricing: Maharashtra fixes upper limit for fares of app-based cabs

Live Mint  

Mumbai: In a significant development, the Maharashtra government on Monday decided to set the upper cap for the fares of app-based cabs of aggregators by approving the report of the Khatua Committee. In its report, the Khatua panel had recommended to fix the base fare between ₹14 and ₹16 per km for three categories of aggregator cabs regular, mid-sized and premium, whereas the upper cap for surge pricing recommended for them is ₹26, ₹32, and ₹38 per km, respectively. The government has also accepted the new fare revision formulae recommended by the committee for the revision of fares of the black and yellow taxis and auto rickshaws. A senior Transport department official said the government has approved the Khatua panel report which will be implemented once Transport Minister Anil Parab makes a statement in the state legislature.

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Karnataka transport department revises cab fares, brings in uniform structure
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka transport department revises cab fares, brings in uniform structure

Hindustan Times  

After more than two years, the Karnataka transport department has revised the uniform cab fares for cab aggregators and other private services in the state. Karnataka transport department revises cab fares, brings in uniform structure According to the transport department, the minimum cab fare for up to the first four kilometers has increased to ₹100 from ₹75. Last time, the …

‘Surge prices’ for cab services hit commuters hard
2 years, 9 months ago

‘Surge prices’ for cab services hit commuters hard

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Surge pricing levied by cab aggregators whenever it rains in the city is not only hurting commuters, but also making more and more people opt for personal vehicles. Satyanarayana Mathala, president, Telangana Facilities Management Council, says the surge pricing of cabs will naturally push more and more people towards using their personal vehicles to commute to work. We do …

Indian government issues fresh guidelines for cab aggregators like Uber, Ola putting a cap on surge pricing
4 years, 4 months ago

Indian government issues fresh guidelines for cab aggregators like Uber, Ola putting a cap on surge pricing

Firstpost  

Prices of cab availing services likely to get lower as the government issues new guidelines to cab aggregators. The ministry of road and Transport highways, India announced new guidelines for cab aggregators through a notification released on 26 November. “The city taxi fare indexed by WPI for the current year shall be the base fare chargeable to customers availing aggregator …

RSS’s Swadeshi Jagaran Manch asks Gadkari to better regulate surge pricing
5 years, 6 months ago

RSS’s Swadeshi Jagaran Manch asks Gadkari to better regulate surge pricing

Live Mint  

Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, a sister organization of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has written to the road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari that there is a need to better regulate surge pricing limits for taxi aggregators. Ashwani Mahajan, All India Co-convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch told Mint that he has requested the minister that the taxi aggregator rules, under the …

Mumbai taxi, auto fares: Go online, tell Maha govt how much you should be charged till May 15
7 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai taxi, auto fares: Go online, tell Maha govt how much you should be charged till May 15

Hindustan Times  

Feel Mumbai’s taxi and autorickshaw drivers overcharge? In a first, the state government has come up with an online survey to decide the fare for autorickshaws and taxis. The Khatua committee – comprising four members headed by former bureaucrat BC Khatua – has come up with four questionnaires for passengers, taxi drivers, auto drivers and unions of drivers. We don’t …

Surge pricing: Here’s how Maharashtra will regulate Ola and Uber cabs
8 years ago

Surge pricing: Here’s how Maharashtra will regulate Ola and Uber cabs

Hindustan Times  

App-based cabs will no longer be able to get away with surge pricing, with the Maharashtra government announcing a set of rules meant to regulate aggregators like Ola and Uber and put a cap on fares. Addressing the commuters’ top woe of surge pricing — where demand and supply dictate the fares — the government has decided to fix the …

Centre approves surge pricing with conditions
8 years, 3 months ago

Centre approves surge pricing with conditions

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: With the ministry of road transport and highways issuing Taxi Policy guidelines, the government is set to bring Uber, Ola and other App based taxi aggregators under government control. Though the government decided to approve surge pricing, Uber and Ola should validate algorithms used for distance and fare calculation. Aggregators should preserve and provide on demand the data regarding …

Bringing order to cab aggregators in Bengaluru
9 years, 2 months ago

Bringing order to cab aggregators in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

If the State government has its way, all cabs in Bengaluru, including the ones with cab aggregators, will soon have to fix digital meters and operate within a maximum fare limit. While fares less than the set fare can be considered, the total fare cannot cross the upper limit set by the department.” The Transport Department’s move to regulate taxi …

Minimum fare of fleet taxis hiked by Rs2
10 years, 3 months ago

Minimum fare of fleet taxis hiked by Rs2

Hindustan Times  

The minimum fare of air-conditioned fleet taxis operating in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region has gone up by Rs2. The state transport authority, a quasi-judicial body chaired by transport secretary Shailesh Kumar Sharma, has approved the fare hike for all fleet cabs being operated under the fleet taxi scheme, 2007, and phone fleet taxi scheme, 2010. The Association of Radio Cab …

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