Overview
- Pune District Collector Jitendra Dudi directed Rapido on Thursday to immediately suspend its two‑wheeler pilot in the city until the company obtains a licence and warned that legal action would follow if it continued operating without one.
- Authorities told all app aggregators they must remit 80% of fare earnings to drivers and keep passenger fares within the RTO‑set band of 25% below to 50% above the base rate, which the RTO fixes as the compliance benchmark.
- Aggregators were ordered to share monthly trip, fare and driver‑payment data with officials and to add a visible column in their apps showing the RTO‑prescribed fare so passengers can compare charted rates with app prices.
- The directive followed complaints from cab and autorickshaw drivers and unions alleging non‑payment and fare manipulation, and officials said the meeting produced no new policy but focused on enforcing existing guidelines.
- Officials signalled further scrutiny by the transport authority and police and unions warned of intensified agitation if companies do not comply, meaning the order could prompt inspections, FIR checks and legal challenges while licensing is decided.