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 The <keyword id="44734" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Government">Indian Government</keyword> has been focused towards promoting e-vehicles in order to meet the ambitious target of selling 6 million <keyword id="6354973" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="electric-vehicles">electric vehicles</keyword> by 2020. 
 
Sales of electric vehicles in the country rose to 37.5% to 22,000 units in the year ended 31st March 2016 from 16,000 in 2014-15. India’s automobile industry is the sixth largest in the world and accounts for 22% of the country’s total manufacturing output and Electric Vehicles can play an important role in increasing the share of manufacturing in India’s GDP from the current 15% to 25% by 2022. 
 
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Although the adoption of EVs in India has witnessed a number of bottlenecks, the government has been committed to making India a 100% EV nation by 2030.Under a unique and innovative scheme named as FAME, Government will provide incentives up to Rs 1.38 lakh for every electric car sold and this is why it makes a lot of sense for public transport to follow suit and adopt this environment-friendly option. <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword> is all set to roll out electric vehicles across key cities in India and this move is aimed towards building a more sustainable transport solution in the country. 
 
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 Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO, and Cofounder, Ola had recently said in an event organized by <keyword id="3401025" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="t-hub-hyderabad">T-Hub Hyderabad</keyword>, “We shall be rolling out electric cars in top cities in the next three months. We will shortly identify the cities where the pilot project will be launched and any decision to scale up the roll out of e-vehicles will be taken on the basis of feedback we receive.” 
 
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The home-grown cab aggregator’s move can be instrumental in not just economies of scale but also encourage production of more environment-friendly transport in the country.

Ola to be the first cab aggregator in India to introduce e-cabs

Days after the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Uber-Ola-this-ones-for-you-with-love-the-Indian-Government/articleshow/49240938.cms">Indian government released new guidelines for all the cab aggregators </a>plying anywhere in the country, <keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> has come up with an acceptance to it. 
 Under the guidelines issued by the <keyword id="168381" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ministry-of-road-transport">Ministry of Road Transport</keyword>, ride-hailing companies must obtain licenses to operate, but are freed from being regulated as taxi companies for which it is mandatory to maintain a minimum fleet size and parking space, among other requirements, as per a WSJ report. 
 The <keyword id="44734" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Government">Indian government</keyword>, for the first time ever, has rolled out such guidelines to bring all the online taxi apps under one regulation. The move came after the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Central+Motor+Vehicles+Act">Central Motor Vehicles Act</a> and state transport authorities fall short of rules that could govern these businesses. 
 
As per the recently issued guidelines, the sates would be directed on how they can draft regulations for city taxi schemes and aggregators. It also mandates the establishment of 24x7 call centre for grievance redressal. Uber, however, says that it has an instant response system in which the user gets a response within five minutes on an email complaint, reported The Economic Times. 
 
The newly issued guidelines also asks the applicant to be a registered entity under the laws of India and that it cannot own or lease any vehicle, employ any driver or represent itself as a taxi service unless it gets registered as a taxi operator under the applicable law. 
 <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword>, last month, said that it had set-up a separate, fully-owned subsidiary that will buy cars and lease them to drivers. The new business, however, is separate from Ola’s current aggregator model. 
 
Uber, on the other hand, too is working on another model of leasing the vehicles, informed a source. However, no announcement has been made by the company so far. 
 
"This is a big leap towards recognising sector-specific regulations for technology-based, ride-hailing services in India and we look forward to working with the various state governments to get licensed under this framework," said an Uber India spokesperson. 
 
Uber, in a statement released yesterday said, "We welcome the advisory from the Ministry of Road Transport and we believe this is a major step towards positively impacting the ecosystem and its stakeholders, that technology platforms like ours have created. We will continue to work with the government, under the aegis of this progressive directive, offering our complete support and commitment towards building mobility for a billion people." 
 
SoftBank-funded Ola has also welcomed the guidelines, saying that it is a progressive directive. Both Ola and Uber face bans in the national capital as their applications for licenses to operate have been rejected.

Uber is finally coming around to working as per the Indian Govt

Few months back, there was an incident in Delhi, where a female passenger was harassed by a cab driver throughout her ride in central and south Delhi and it took four SOS calls from her before help reached her. It wasn’t about lack of intent that led to the delay but inability to get her exact location and bring it to attention of the cops. 
 
Thankfully, in this case, the girl was finally rescued and the cab driver and owner were, according to the news reports, charged under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 506 (criminal intimidation), 354 (assault of woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 342 (wrongful confinement) and Sections 323 and 324 (causing hurt by dangerous means). 
 The reality is that majority of the citizens; women in particular, feel unsafe using public transport in Delhi. With changing mindsets, and a push for citizens to adopt means such as <keyword id="6524998" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cab-aggregators">cab aggregators</keyword>, ride sharing, and car-pooling for their commutes, the need for personal safety measures for women get amplified. 
 
Poor personal safety for women in public areas is a problem. A recent <a href="http://in.breakthrough.tv/askingforit" target="_blank">survey</a> by Breakthrough, a global human rights organization, revealed that sexual harassment in public spaces was an everyday occurrence for more than 90% of women and girls. 
 
According to a 2013 UN study, 99 percent of women in countries such as Egypt say they’ve been harassed, and much of this physical and verbal harassment happens on public transport. 
 
While efficiency and convenience have been well factored into ride sharing and car-pooling efforts, the efforts by car aggregators on security concerns of sharing ride with strangers have still not been addressed comprehensively and firmly. 
 
Steps towards a reliable safety and security system 
 
From our experience, the need of the hour is a prompt, reliable and fool-proof safety and security assistance, which is beyond simply raising an alarm. 
Providing this service is not rocket science but it requires connectivity, a strong tech-backed, trustworthy and capable service. 
 
While it may be true that nearly of the half the crimes are solved by police authorities in NCR and the criminals are brought to books, it may be in some cases the crime could have been averted, if the affected party had access to prompt action and someone who could help. 
 
There are private enterprises that have risen on occasions and are attempting to fill the gap. 
 
Thanks to smartphones, there are a lot of apps that act as an alerting mechanism to family members when one’s security and safety is under threat. 
 
These are great communication mechanisms but in times of panic, the best of us may lose judgment of what may be the right thing to do. At such a time, we need the assistance of someone trained, who is well versed in handling a broad range of threatening situations, from fire-fighting to providing CPR to dispersing mobs to being well versed in combat situations, or as the situation demands. Loved ones though alerted may be ill-equipped to handle these situations. 
 
We go through crisis on a daily basis and if a personal safety and immediate assistance service can make a difference to even one life, it would inevitably create goodwill and help in change the perspective on personal safety and security. 
 
Start with the basics. There should be an ease of reach through an app or a helpline, an embedded GPS that would help determine the victim’s location (again something that was amiss in the incident cited above). 
 
A command and control center, which is able to guide callers until live help in the form of a trained responders team reaches, can also be of great help. It is also important to partner them with government authorities, police, hospitals that are able to help in such situations. Companies such as One Touch Response (OTR) have already done this in past to provide much-needed service to the citizens of Delhi-NCR. 
 
(This article has been written by Manoj Chandra, CEO, One Touch Response) 
 
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Why personal safety measures are critical in the age of cab aggregators

It’s a fact universally acknowledged that the app based cab aggregator has made your life easy. Staying at a metro and not breaking into an argument with an autowalla on fare isn’t something really new. But then cab aggregator like <keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> was a blessing to crores of Indians working at multinationals but don’t own a car. 
 Ever wondered what these cab aggregators’ <keyword id="23557" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="office">office</keyword>s look like. Well, one of the leading cab aggregator Uber has just acquired an amazing workplace. With an employee strength of 200, the new office of Uber has come up at the heart of Gurugram. Covering 32000 sq feet of space, overlooking the city and warm colour themes, this new office may make your rework on your resume. 
 
Let’s have a look at Uber’s new office here.

Uber’s new
office in Gurugram looks quirky and delightful

This summer, commuters in the NCR, willing to ditch metros and buses, will have several choices to book their cabs. Apart from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-who-is-benefitting-from-ola-uber-drivers-strike/articleshow/57187851.cms">Ola and Uber</a>, they will have two new cab aggregator apps. This would also benefit them in terms of money, owing to the price war between these apps. 
 
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Cabby, the cab aggregator app to be launched today, has been developed by Sahil Arora, a seventeen-year-old school dropout from Gurgaon. The app will have 25,000 operational cabs in NCR, following which it would move to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/bengaluru-feel-relieved-as-ola-anduber-drivers-call-off-strike/articleshow/57221582.cms">Bengaluru</a>. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/online-cab-players-in-2016-completed-nearly-half-a-billion-rides-with-250-y-o-y-growth-in-india/articleshow/57273938.cms">Online cab players in 2016 completed nearly half a billion rides with 250% y-o-y growth in India</a> 
 Cabby would charge a base fare of Rs 37.50 for the first 2 km, followed by Rs 12.5 per km. Arora told ET that this is actually very competitive, and the fare would be lesser than what <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword> and Uber charge. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/are-ola-and-uber-actually-tryingto-prove-poor-people-should-never-think-big/articleshow/57475233.cms">Are Ola and Uber actually trying to prove “poor people should never think big”?</a> 
 
The second cab-aggregator app to be launched today is from 74 BC Technologies, operational from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/UberMOTO-enters-Gurgaon/articleshow/51603369.cms">Gurgaon</a> where it is known for the bike taxi aggregator Baxi. 
 
Baxi is now launching cab services in seven cities including Delhi, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru. Acting as a technology provider for the app, it will be available free of cost for cab drivers. 
 
"Baxi will not take any commission from the drivers to use their technology platform," said Ashutosh Johri, co-founder of Baxi and an IIT Delhi alumnus. It would charge a base fare of Rs 50, followed by Rs 9 per km. Having around 1,000 cabs in its fleet, it would also have Re 1/minute wait charges. 
 
(Image source: Level Nine Services)

Two new apps to take on Ola and Uber in NCR

A three-day deadline has been has been set by the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Transport+Department&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Transport Department</a> for app-based cab aggregators to stop offering <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=carpool&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">carpool</a> or shared services to consumers as the services are in violation of the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Motor+Vehicles+Act&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Motor Vehicles Act</a> and hence cannot be allowed. 
 
According to the Transport Commissioner MK Aiyappa after holding an hour-long meeting with the representatives of aggregators and sections of drivers, told the media that the cabs cannot pick up from and drop passengers at multiple locations before closing each trip. 
 
He also said that the aggregators have asked for three days to make changes in the software that powers the app t which the ministry has conceded the demand and said the transport officials will start booking the violators after the period. 
 The department's decision also follows strong protests from the city's transport utility <keyword id="6371543" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="BMTC">BMTC</keyword>. The letter from BMTC managing director Ekroop Caur says revenues have been hit because of carpool offered by aggregators as well as by other private operators. 
 
"They are also offering services with fixed schedules on specific routes - for example Hebbal to Marathahalli. That is not allowed at all," she told ET. 
 
The cab aggregators, operates under the contract carriage licence which doesn’t allow others to board the cab midway. The stage carriage permit, on the other hand, allows the vehicle (bus) to pick up and drop passengers along its scheduled route. 
 
So this means that BMTC has the exclusive right to pick up and drop a pool of commuters in the city and the permits are issued under the Motor Vehicles Act which is a Union Government legislation. 
 The aggregators also have plans to approach the Union Government to amend <keyword id="54414" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Motor-Vehicle-Act">Motor Vehicle Act</keyword>. 
 
At the meeting with the Transport Commissioner, drivers also requested the department's intervention with the aggregators on the minimum trips they are required to make and the drop in incentives.

You may find it difficult to opt for carpool in Bengaluru. Here’s why

<ul><li><keyword id="97393" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Competition-Commission-of-India">Competition Commission of India</keyword> brushed off all the price allegations on the cab aggregators <keyword id="6354720" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ola">Ola</keyword> and <keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> stating that the fares are algorithmically calculated. </li></ul><ul><li>The CCI rolled out a 13-page order discarding the allegation on the cab drivers for setting a floor price on resale and the alleged <keyword id="6743176" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Price-discrimination">price discrimination</keyword>. </li></ul><ul><li>The cab aggregators furnished a model that shows prices are determined algorithmically and dependant on various factors such as the time of the day and the destination points.</li></ul>India’s largest cab aggregators Ola and Uber were under fire for their pricing strategies, but the Competition Commision of India (CCI) has ruled that there was no incidence of wrong doing. The complaint was filed against ANI Technologies (Ola’s parent company), Uber India Systems, Uber BV (Based in the Netherlands) and Uber Technologies, the holding company of Uber Group. The complaint included Uber BV since it establishes the contract between taxi owners and does the payments and incentive to drivers, said the CCI <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cci-rejects-price-fixing-allegations-against-ola-uber-3137091.html">report</a>. However, the fair trade regulator, CCI <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Companies/8hX4pI24jsrMUjoAMzJxuL/CCI-rejects-allegations-of-price-fixing-against-Ola-Uber.html">turned down</a> the allegations against the cab aggregators on Tuesday in its 13-page order saying that the drivers charging algorithmically calculated fares doesn’t imply that they were in collusion among themselves. Also, complaints that Ola and Uber are imposing a resale price maintenance system (setting a price higher than the price determined originally by the market forces) on drivers and the alleged price discrimination were brushed off. The cab aggregators have been criticized a lot lately due to the manipulation in fares. In clarification to the claimed price allegation, Ola and Uber have published their model that provides insight into how the price is calculated to the CCI. The model shows that the estimation is done based on large data sets deploying respective algorithms. Further, fares of rides also vary as per the traffic conditions in the area and the time of the day, leading to higher price value during the peak hours. As a result, the prices determined differ specific to each rider by the end of the trip. While the drivers may have quoted fares higher than what is calculated algorithmically, which was the case with the current allegations, but that doesn’t necessarily amount to collusion within the drivers. The CCI reported that the fares are dynamic in nature so there did not seem to be any floor price maintained by the drivers. The dynamic prices also hold some advantage to the regular customers because this might also lead you to a lower price than usual for a certain places as compared to the ones charged by the individual taxi drivers, which saves you a good deal of money. The order stated that there doesn’t appear to be any such agreement or alignment between the cab aggregators and their respective drivers or drivers mutually.

India's competition regulator finds Uber, Ola ‘not guilty’ of charging higher prices

Hopping from one app to another, looking for a cab is an irritant and consumes a lot of time. This grumble by consumers was heard by Shalak Nail and Neha Bora, who have come up with taxi app aggregator-Loco Cabs. 
 <keyword id="3170727" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Loco-Cabs">Loco Cabs</keyword>, which was launched this year, has data of all cabs, such as <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword> and <keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword>, on one single app. 
 "We started with the app showing the cabs available close by and then a few months ago we approached Uber and Ola (and <keyword id="1428790" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="TaxiforSure">TaxiForSure</keyword>) to allow us to be able to facilitate their bookings as well," Naik told ET. 
 
By aggregating all taxi apps on one, taxi aggregators are to gain only as window will open to more users. 
 
Loco Cabs works as an aggregator for small-time travel companies and cab owners making intercity and overnight trips. 
 
Loco Cabs has tied up with Paytm and CCavenue and is in talks with Meru and Mega Cabs as well. 
 
Apart from cabs, they are also planning to add bus service. 
 
"The immediate priority is India but then as the market matures, we'd like to be a platform for all your surface travel needs. When you need to travel, you should be able to get the cheapest and fastest option here," said Naik.

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