Overview

• The tourism department invited taxi drivers to integrate with Goa Taxi App and GoaMiles, highlighting benefits like fair pricing, real-time tracking, and enhanced safety.
• Local operators submitted written objections in Panaji, warning that private aggregators could monopolize fares and threaten their livelihoods.
• Minister Mauvin Godinho has set a one-month window for stakeholder feedback to ensure operators have input into the final rules.
• Since launch, Goa Taxi App and GoaMiles have completed over 70,000 rides and onboarded more than 1,000 drivers under regulated fare structures.
• MLAs Michael Lobo and Delilah Lobo backed the demand to bar external aggregators but stressed the need for online transparency of taxi rates.