Delhi Government to ban Surge Pricing by App-Based Taxi Services

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday said surge pricing by app-based taxi services will be banned in the national capital.

"We are in favour of app-based cab services but won't tolerate people being fleeced in the name of cab services. Just like Karnataka, we will bring law and ban surge pricing," he told CNN News18.

The Karnataka government had on April 7 had banned surge pricing by cab aggregators.

Rai also reiterated that the odd-even scheme is not dependent on cabs while admitting that there is a lot of scope of improving the public transport system in the national capital.

On reports of autos over charging passengers, Rai said, "We will not spare anyone. We will act against them."

He also took on Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar for his barb on the odd-even scheme. "He shouldn't have a problem. He's exempt. We accept public transport can get better and we are trying."