The Government of Delhi on May 29, 2023, issued the draft of the Delhi Motor Vehicles Licensing of Aggregator (Premium Buses) Scheme, 2023.
This scheme will apply to all premium buses operated under a valid Aggregator license granted by the Transport Department, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, to operate within the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The following provisions have been stated:
• The license holder shall operate and maintain a fleet of a minimum of 50 premium buses, to be made operational within 90 days from the day of the grant of the license.
• The license holder may, for and on behalf of the passengers, determine potential routes on which the vehicles operated by it shall ply. Provided that the self-determined potential routes may not be objected to by the Traffic Police being the agency authorized to control the Traffic or any other Local Bodies controlling and maintaining the route, if an object, the self-determined routes shall stand terminated.
• No modification/ termination of any route on which the bus is operated shall not be changed by the license holder in any case without intimation to the Competent Authority after giving a notice of seven days in advance. The effect of the change of route shall also be informed to the general public through mobile or web-based applications by the license holder.
• The license holder shall be at liberty to prescribe a suitable fare structure for any route/ destination. The fare shall be displayed on mobile and web-based applications for the information of the general public.
• Dynamic pricing shall be permissible provided that the base fare shall not be less than the peak fare of DTC AC buses.
• The license holder and driver shall have to pick up and drop passengers at the notified bus queue shelters only. The fee for usage of bus queue shelters shall be paid separately to Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Company Ltd. Directly.
It is requested to all persons likely to be affected, notice is hereby given that said draft scheme will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of 30 days from the date of its publication in the Gazette.
Objections or suggestions in this regard shall be addressed to the Pr. Secretary-Cum-Commissioner (Transport), Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, 5/9 Under Hill Road, Delhi -110054 or on email at [email protected] or [email protected].
It shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the official gazette.
[Notification No. F (12)/Policy/AS/STA/2016/49928]
