Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik announced new rules for drivers. Commercial passenger vehicle drivers must now ...

Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik announced that autorickshaw and cab drivers must know Marathi by August 18, 2026, or face licence suspension.

In Maharashtra, all drivers of commercial passenger vehicles, including those in Mumbai, must now possess practical knowledge of Marathi.

State Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday said there will be no extension of the August 15 deadline for autorickshaw and taxi drivers to learn Marathi. Under the proposed amendments to the ...

The new directive, announced by Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday, has been formalized through the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which introduce more ...

Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) announced that the government’s Marathi language requirement for commercial passenger vehicle drivers will be mandatory for ...

The state government has made it clear that drivers operating through cab aggregators will not be exempt from the Marathi language requirement applicable to commercial passenger vehicle drivers.

The Maharashtra government had said in July that licences of taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers who fail to clear a language test will be cancelled from August 16.

Maharashtra will make functional Marathi knowledge mandatory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers. Drivers will initially receive a one-month notice to learn the language, followed by suspension of licen ...

New Maharashtra rules require commercial passenger-vehicle drivers to demonstrate working Marathi, with penalties including suspension or licence cancellation for repeat violations.

Maharashtra has made practical Marathi knowledge mandatory for commercial drivers, including taxi, auto and app-based cab ...