Lok Sabha Question No. 494 (STARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Shared Mobility Industry
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 494.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6 TH  APRIL, 2022.

## SHARED MOBILITY INDUSTRY

## *494.  SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether steps are being taken by the Government to support shared mobility industry in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is promoting shared mobility industry in the light of its many  ecological,  affordable  and  sustainable  benefits  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure adequate support to the nascent carpooling sector of the country;
- (d) whether the Government is aware of the operational hindrances the carpool sector is facing in States like Karnataka; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  carpooling companies are protected from such hindrances?

## ANSWER वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्री (श्री पीयूष गोयल) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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be pleased to state:

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 494 FOR ANSWER ON 6 TH  APRIL, 2022.

- (a) to (e): Shared  mobility  is  broadly  defined  as  transportation  services  and resources that are shared among users, either concurrently or one after another. This includes public transit, micro mobility (bike sharing, scooter sharing), automobile-based modes (car sharing, rides on demand, and micro transit) and commute-based modes or ridesharing (carpooling and vanpooling).

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued the Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines, 2020, on 27 th  November, 2020, in accordance with section 93 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for compliance by all States/ UTs. These guidelines provides a guiding framework to the State/UT Governments to consider for issuance of license as well as regulating the business being conducted by such Aggregators.

To support the Shared Mobility Industry, the Ministry of Road Transport &  Highways  (MoRTH)  have  published  Taxi  Policy  Guidelines  in December, 2016; and provisions have been made for better utilization of transportation assets and reducing traffic congestion at the state level under The Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019 of MoRTH. Several States  have  also  developed  policies  to  regulate  the  shared  mobility ecosystem. Initiatives for planning and management of public transport system  including  issues  of  share  mobility,  are  taken  up  by  the  State Governments/ Union Territories/ Urban Local Bodies.

Scheme of implementation or operation of carpooling is not formulated in the State of Karnataka.

Government  addresses  transport  related  issues/grievances  through prescribed mechanisms. However, transportation being a State subject, concerned State Governments/ UTs are responsible for promotion  of shared mobility and redressal of operational difficulties related to this issue.

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