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In view of the safety and convenience of passengers, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to make the state registration mandatory for app-based ride-hailing service providers like Ola and Uber. A decision in this regard was taken by the state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, state transport minister Dayashankar Singh said that Uttar Pradesh will adopt the rules under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, that were amended on July 1, 2025. Earlier, there was no regulatory control over Ola and Uber, but now they will also be required to register. They will have to submit applications and pay licence and renewal fees, he said. Until now, authorities could not verify who was driving the vehicles, but now, drivers will have to undergo medical examinations, police verification and fitness checks, the minister said. He further said that in Uttar Pradesh no vehicle will be allowed to operate without registration, fitne
Uber launched a feature Monday to allow both women riders and drivers across the US to be matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program aimed at addressing concerns about the safety of its hail-riding platform. The new feature is being rolled out nationwide despite an ongoing class action lawsuit against the policy in California, filed by Uber drivers who argue that it is discriminatory against men. Rival ride-hailing company Lyft is also facing a discrimination lawsuit over a similar offering that it introduced nationwide in 2024. The feature, announced in a blog post, allows women to request a female driver through an option on the app called "Women Drivers." Passengers can opt for another ride if the wait for a woman is too long, and they can also reserve a trip with a woman driver in advance. A third option allows female users to set a preference for a woman driver in their app settings, which would increase the chances of being matched with a female driver, thou
Ride-hailing apps such as Ola, Uber and Rapido were sporadically impacted on Saturday as drivers went on a partial strike across several cities in the country. Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) had called for a "breakdown" on February 7 to protest against existing rules and practices of app-based transportation platforms. It has demanded that the Centre and state governments should notify minimum base fare app-based transport services and bar the use of non-commercial vehicles for commercial passenger and goods transport. "We received one of the biggest responses to our call for breakdown today. We had planned to sit with heads and our leaders of 20 states to protest against the practices of app-based transport services firms and unexpectedly driver partners also turned up at Jantar Mantar," TGPWU founder state President Shaik Salauddin told PTI. He said the call was for a breakdown, which was meant to partially not accept bookings when there is peak demand. "We can
The transport authority of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has directed app-based taxi and auto rickshaw aggregators to follow the base fare of black-and-yellow taxis until the government decides on separate rates for them. The three aggregator firms -- Uber, Ola and Rapido -- were supposed to incorporate the existing fare structure of black-and-yellow taxis in their mobile applications before 5 pm on September 18. In a letter dated September 16, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) said the existing fare of black-and- yellow taxis is Rs 20.66 per km for non-AC vehicles and Rs 22.72 per km for AC vehicles. The three firms should implement it as base fare until the new rates for app-based taxis and auto rickshaws are finalised, it said. Bharat Kalaskar, secretary of MMRTA, told PTI that the base fare can be discounted by 25 percent when the demand is low, while a 1.5 times surge is allowed during a high-demand period. "We had convened a meeting of them ...
The State Transport Authority (STA) in Maharashtra has granted approval for provisional licences to the parent firms of app-based taxi aggregators Ola, Uber, and Rapido for bike taxi services in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and fixed a minimum fare of Rs 15 for 1.5 kms, officials have said. As per the minutes of an STA meeting, the approval has been granted on the condition that these companies apply for permanent licences within a month, fulfilling all terms and conditions prescribed in the Maharashtra Bike Taxi Rules 2025. ANI Technologies Private Limited, Uber India Systems Private Limited, and Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, the parent companies of Ola, Uber, and Rapido, respectively, have been given approval. In the last two months, the transport department received four applications to launch bike taxi services in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). But it approved provisional licences for only three companies. The STA rejected Smart-Ride's application for