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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways sets up committee to frame policy for taxi operators

| | May 10, 2016, at 07:17 pm
#Ministry of Road Transport & Highways # taxi
New Delhi, May 10 (IBNS) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the central government announced on Tuesday that it has constituted a three member committee to prepare a policy framework for taxi and other transport operators.
The committee will be headed by Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and will include Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Delhi Transport Commissioner as its members. 
 
A group of taxi and other transport operators met Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping on Monday, apprising him of the situation that has emerged following Supreme Court’s order dated December 15,  2015 and directions of EPCA dated April 29, 2016 banning diesel taxis in the NCR, and the various problems they are facing as a result of the ban. 
 
The Ministry has decided to set up the three member committee to look into these issues and come up with appropriate policy recommendations to address the same in a time bound manner. 

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