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UPDATE
Bike taxis get Prama India and C-DAC
legal status Announce Partnership
n the legal status of rama India was officially announced by
‘bike taxi’, the road and C-DAC C-DAC at the ‘Digital India
transport ministry P (MeitY) recently FutureLabs’ launch event
has clarified that announced held at IIITM, New Delhi,
mo to rcy cle s a technology in the presence of Rajeev
Ofall within the partnership Chandrasekhar, the Minister
definition of ‘contract carriage’ as through the ‘Transfer of of State for Electronics &
per the Motors Vehicles Act, 1988. Technology’ (ToT) Pact for Information Technology,
A contract carriage, according to Thermal Cameras. The ToT Skill Development &
the MV Act, is a vehicle carrying agreement enables Prama Entrepreneurship and Jal
passengers for hire under a specific India as a technology partner Shakti, Government of India.
agreement. The Ministry of Road to manufacture, market The Minister said that The
Transport and Highways had and support the innovative Digital India FutureLABS
stated that some states/UTs are, solutions. This new initiative represented an opportunity for
while processing applications for by Prama India will bolster Indian startups at the forefront
grant of permits, taking the view R&D and help to develop of developing NextGen
that ‘motorcycle’ is not eligible Electronics in Automotive &
to ply under contract carriage or innovative thermal technology Mobility, Compute, Telecom,
operate as a transport vehicle. applications. Industrial IoT and Strategic
The contract carriage agreement This technology partnership Electronics.
involves renting an entire vehicle
for a fixed price, based on either
distance or time, with or without
a specific route.
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