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1 month to learn or face action: Marathi test begins for cab, auto drivers

Maharashtra RTOs have begun testing taxi and autorickshaw drivers for practical Marathi through oral interactions. Drivers ...
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Maharashtra: Auto, taxi drivers get a year to learn Marathi: Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers will get one year to learn functional Marathi. No action will be taken against drivers during ...
BBC

Indian state gives taxi and tuk-tuk drivers a year to learn local language

An Indian state has given taxi and tuk-tuk drivers one more year to learn the local language after a new rule making it mandatory sparked protests. Transport officials in the western state of ...
The New Indian Express

Cancelling drivers’ licences for not knowing Marathi ‘unconstitutional’, says Union minister Athawale

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said cancelling the licences of autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Maharashtra for not knowing Marathi would be “unconstitutional." Speaking to news agency PTI, ...
Business Today

If you don't learn Marathi, your licence will be cancelled: Maharashtra's new rule for auto, taxi drivers

Auto and taxi drivers in Maharashtra who fail to learn Marathi could eventually lose their driving licences permanently, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Tuesday. Drivers still have up to ...
The Financial Express

‘Learn Marathi if you want to work in Maharashtra’: Govt doubles down on language mandate for auto, taxi drivers

The Maharashtra government has made Marathi language fluency a ‘compulsory’ for autorickshaw and taxi drivers – facing vehement pushback from several quarters. The state is presently leading a 100-day ...
Indiatimes

‘Learn Marathi, or we’ll teach you a lesson in our style’: MNS workers warn bank employees in Ulhasnagar

MNS party has intensified its campaign for Marathi language use in Maharashtra, demanding 24-hour compliance from banks to replace English posters with Marathi. District and city leaders threatened ...
ET Auto

Maharashtra gives drivers time to learn Marathi before action

The Maharashtra government would give auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers an opportunity to learn Marathi before taking action for failing to comply with the language requirement under amended motor ...
moneycontrol.com

As Maharashtra govt pushes Marathi, Shiv Sena MLAs seek more time for auto, taxi drivers to learn

Amid the Maharashtra transport department's drive against autorickshaw and taxi drivers lacking adequate knowledge of Marathi, several MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena have urged the state government to ...