Govt. Strikes Back – Asks Uber & Ola To Use Taxi Meters, Not GPS; Is Protectionism Going Too Far?
Road and Transport Ministry is now asking taxi hailing apps Ola and Uber to ditch their usage of GPS for calculating fares and instead use the old fashioned taxi meters for the same. Reportedly, using GPS for calculating fares is against Motor Vehicles Act. An unnamed official from Transport Ministry shared, “Taxi aggregators are currently violating…