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Auto Rickshaw / April 16, 2018

Mumbai:A working knowledge of Marathi will now be required for getting auto-rickshaw licenses in Mumbai, the Maharashtra federal government has said.

After making the announcement today, Maharashtra's Transport Minister Diwakar Raote, who is from the Shiv Sena, indicated that the same rule is likely to be extended to taxi permits as well in the future. "This will help local youths to get employment, " he added.

An exam is performed to look for the language ability, Mr Raote states.

With 1, 40, 000 licenses becoming given in the impending months and a chunk of auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in city being migrants, most are seeing this move an expansion for the 'sons regarding the earth' plan.

The Shiv Sena has actually always implemented what it calls "Pro-Marathi" guidelines and maintains this is certainly inside passions of Marathis. But the idea had found also support in the BJP, which, along with the Sena, form the ruling alliance.

Sources into the federal government, however, stated the state is implementing what the law states.

The Motor Vehicles Act that says a license for a taxi or an auto-rickshaw may be provided only to those people who have lived in hawaii for 15 years but a working knowledge of the language. Therefore the condition is banking on these arrangements to draw up the brand new legislation.

The comprehension let me reveal that after residing in Maharashtra for fifteen years, you should be able to talk fundamental Marathi, which is the neighborhood language, said an origin.

Source: www.ndtv.com