The Department of Transport, Govt. of West Bengal on October 03, 2024, notified regarding the specifications required for vehicles to be registered as "Metered Taxis”.
It states that vehicles with a seating capacity of 4+1 including the driver, engine capacity of 900cc to 1150cc, fuel used is petrol/diesel/CNG or body type is hatch-back/sedan, shall be allowed to be registered as "Metered Taxis" (both AC and Non-AC variant).
[Notification no. - 2805-WT/TPT-18011/54/2019-Pt(1)]