Overview

• An MMRTA letter dated September 16 set base fares at ₹20.66 per km for non-AC and ₹22.72 per km for AC rides, with a directive to update apps by 5 pm on September 18.
• The rules cap dynamic pricing at 1.5 times during high demand, allow discounts up to 25% in low demand, and require platforms to pass 80% of each fare to drivers.
• Driver unions say the firms did not reflect the mandated rates by the deadline and staged protests in Mumbai, warning of a larger demonstration at Azad Maidan on September 30.
• Authorities have granted provisional licences for e-bike taxis with fares of ₹15 for the first 1.5 km and ₹10.27 per additional km, a move unions oppose as undercutting four-wheeler drivers.
• Officials say aggregators agreed in meetings to the interim structure, which could raise rider costs by about ₹5 per km compared with previous app fares for smaller cabs.