Summary:
The process to grant the permits was cancelled by the transport department in the wake of allegations of graft related to their issuance in December 2015. The app-based cab aggregators and the Delhi government have been continuously at war over surge pricing. The Delhi government has been trying to draft a new policy to regulate the surge pricing of the mobile app based cab aggregators. The move, transport officials add, will help the Delhi government bring more competition in the public transport sector especially against cab aggregators like Ola and Uber. However, to ensure that such things don't happen again we have made the entire process online," said a transport department official..