The government’s reluctance to reconsider the ban stems from the fact that, unlike autos and cabs, bike taxis do not pay recurring taxes and are primarily intended for private use
Autos and cabs operating on Bengaluru’s roads pay quarterly taxes to the government
While the Karnataka High Court recently extended the deadline to halt bike taxi services to June 15, millions of commuters and lakhs of bike taxi drivers and aggregators like Ola, Uber, and Rapido are believed to bear…