Ola and Uber taxi operators now can charge up to 3 times the minimum fare in day and 4 times in midnight after the new norms relesed by centre. Even private vehicle owners will also be allowed to used their vehicle as taxi after paying the fee and getting permission online.
All the taxis need to have a app based metering system and also have to follow all norms granted by IT Ministry. For long term hiring, All India Tourist Permit cars can be linked up with BPOs, IT firms, companies, government departments.
One of the operator said "The new definition of metre is created to benefit few select manufacturers and also to accommodate maximum unsafe vehicles without airbags".
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