Uber, Ola need to lobby hard with states to get new rules on the road

Amended law has been hailed as progressive by the taxi aggregators with an eye to local needs

The Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill has proposed significant changes to issues around vehicles and road safety. The last of a three-part series looks at the impact the new rules will have on taxi aggregators

Taxi aggregators such as Uber and Ola might need to lobby aggressively with the states to get them to adopt regulations of the amended Motor Vehicles Act, which recognises their business model.

The amended law was passed by the Lok Sabha on April 10; it still has to go through the Rajya Sabha. According to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016, states are allowed to follow