Ola, Uber, Rapido get provisional licences for bike taxi providers in Mumbai

The State Transport Authority (STA) in Maharashtra has granted approval for provisional licences to the dad or mum corporations of app-based taxi aggregators Ola, Uber, and Rapido for bike taxi providers within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and glued a minimal fare of ₹15 for 1.5 km, officers have stated.

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As per the minutes of an STA assembly, the approval has been granted on the situation that these corporations apply for everlasting licences inside a month, fulfilling all phrases and situations prescribed within the Maharashtra Bike Taxi Rules 2025.

ANI Technologies Private Limited, Uber India Systems Private Limited, and Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, the dad or mum corporations of Ola, Uber, and Rapido, respectively, have been given approval.

In the final two months, the transport division acquired 4 purposes to launch bike taxi providers within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). But it accepted provisional licences for under three corporations.

The STA rejected Smart-Ride’s software for failing to satisfy the mandatory phrases and situations for working a motorbike taxi service.

The State authorities applied the brand new Maharashtra Bike Taxi Rules 2025 via a authorities decision (GR). The STA has additionally accepted a minimal fare for bike taxis at ₹15 for 1.5 kms, officers stated on Monday (September 15, 2025).

Passengers should pay ₹10.27 per km for the service, they stated.

The STA, chaired by state Transport Secretary Sanjay Sethi, accepted the fares in a gathering held on August 18, and they are going to be relevant throughout the state, an official from a regional transport workplace (RTO) stated.

The transport authority has fastened the fare for bike taxis utilizing the method devised by the Khatua panel, which has been in use to derive charges for autorickshaws and taxis, the official added.

The authority has additionally determined to evaluate bike taxi fares after one yr, it was said.

In January 2023, the federal government issued a GR prohibiting the usage of personal or non-transport class two-wheelers for app-based providers.

However, regardless of the ban, some corporations continued to supply app-based bike taxi providers in Mumbai and different elements of the State utilizing personal two-wheelers.

The transport division has filed FIRs towards a few of these bike-taxi aggregators, who have been working illegally and charging dynamic fares.

Fares for bike taxis are considerably decrease than the minimal fares of black-and-yellow taxis and autorickshaws within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Passengers pay a minimal fare of ₹31 for black-and-yellow taxis and ₹26 for autorickshaws.