{"id":7532,"date":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/23-08-2022\/kerala-savari\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T00:00:00","slug":"kerala-savari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-08-2022\/kerala-savari","title":{"rendered":"Kerala Savari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>In News\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Kerala has launched \u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, the country\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong> first online taxi service owned by a State government<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">, to ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>Objectives and need<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The alleged <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>unfair trade practices<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>violation of consumer rights <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">by private app-based cab aggregators have come as a major concern for governments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Therefore ,the Kerala government has decided to come up with an app-based platform to offer auto-taxi service for the public.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>About Kerala Savari<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Operated by the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>Motor Workers Welfare Board<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> under the aegis of the Labour Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The taxi owner will get the approved fare on <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>\u2018Kerala Savari,\u2019<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> while cab owners working for private online companies would often get a fare which is below the government-approved rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">It\u00a0 ensures safe travel for the public at \u2018government approved fares\u2019 without any \u2018surge pricing\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Security related features :<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> It<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">is claimed as a reliable online service for women, children, and senior citizens. This consideration has been given importance in app designing and driver registration.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">A police clearance certificate is mandatory for drivers joining the scheme apart from the required proper training.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:circle\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">A panic button system has been introduced in the app. This button can be pressed in the event of a car accident or in cases of any other danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kerala-savari-indias-first-online-taxi-service-as-a-public-option\/article65796571.ece\" style=\"text-decoration-line:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News\u00a0 Kerala has launched \u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, the country\u2019s first online taxi service owned by a State government, to ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers.\u00a0 Objectives and need The alleged unfair trade practices and violation of consumer rights by private app-based cab aggregators have come as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[31,30],"class_list":["post-7532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-government-policies-interventions","tag-gs-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/3533700Screenshot_20220822-210619_Chrome.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}