NEW DELHI: Delhi government plans to ban surge pricing by app-based cab aggregators, transport minister Kailash Gahlot said on Sunday.
“We will not allow surge pricing in the city. We are going to put a cap on the maximum fare that cabs can charge from passengers,” Gahlot told TOI. He said that app-based cab aggregators may be allowed to charge some extra amount above the base price per kilometre but that amount would be fixed and strictly enforced.
The provision to put a cap on the maximum fare that can be charged by cab aggregators is a part of the government’s City Taxi Scheme 2017, which is being finalised at the moment. The scheme aims to regulate operation of app-based cab aggregators, among others, in the city.
Sources in the Delhi government’s transport department said that deliberations are on about fixing the maximum fares that can be charged by cabs. “The amount is likely to be around Rs 10 per kilometre above the base price but nothing has been finalised yet. Meetings are being held to iron out these issues,” a government official said.
