Govt. of India Issues an Advisory for Licensing Compliance and Liability

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Chandigarh 30^th October:- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India has issued an advisory for licensing compliance and liability of on-demand Information Technology based Transportation Aggregators operating within the jurisdiction of India vide its order dated 08^th October, 2015.  As per the advisory, the IT based (either a Web based on mobile application based) aggregator desirous of operating its taxis, either self owned or under lease or under any kind of agreement or verbal or written arrangements with drivers / owners of taxies is required to register himself / herself under Section 93 of the Motor Vehicle Act with the State Transport Authority and shall be under legal obligation to comply with terms and conditions of this advisory.  State Transport Authority, Chandigarh shall prescribe the form and manner in which these operators shall apply for licence and supply the requisite information. 

All such aggregators must register themselves as Taxi operators with the State Transport Authority, Chandigarh within a period of 15 days from the date of issue of this Public Notice.  Any Taxi operator carrying on operation in violative of the advisory shall be held to be in violation of the provisions of MV Act, 1988 and liable for action as per law. The advisory issued by MoRTH and the requisite forms can be downloaded from the Official Website (chdtransport.gov.in) or can be obtained from the State Transport Authority, Sector -18, Chandigarh from 09 A.M. to 05 P.M. on any working day.