The guidelines may end uncertainty on how app-based service providers should operate in the country.
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“App-based cab companies should not hide behind the garb of aggregators or developer of digital technology”.
The ministry guidelines have not been officially published yet.
The association has claimed that the choice provided by the Ola app, to travel “within Delhi” or “Delhi-NCR” only works if cabs are booked from central Delhi, while in other areas the software reverts back to its earlier format. Anybody that has of any ” offence ” under the legal regulations in India been convicted in the past shouldn’t be permitted to develop into a driver. Bangalore-based Ola, said in a press statement, “We welcome the advisory from the Ministry of Road Transport and we believe this is a major step towards positively impacting the ecosystem and its stakeholders, that technology platforms like ours have created”.
Uber did not respond to a Techcircle.in query till the time of writing this news report.
The high court had on August 11 dismissed Ola’s appeal against its July 29 order, saying the company was “factually incorrect” to contend non-CNG commercial vehicles like diesel cabs, were not barred from plying in the national capital. The government’s move came around a fortnight after it rejected the application for license by Ola.
In recent months, trip-hailing solutions have experienced issues in the money Delhi, specially by authorities about their safety precautions, where an Uber driver was last December accused of raping a female traveler.
The ride-hailing companies must not own or lease any vehicle, employ any drivers or represent themselves as a taxi service unless they are also registered as a taxi operator, according to a copy of the 6-page advisory reviewed by Bloomberg News.
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Recently, the Government had enacted a fresh scheme namely City Taxi Scheme, 2015 which effectively replaced the earlier Radio Taxi Scheme of 2006. Its India operations are growing at 40 per cent every month.
