Since the policy was announced in April, transport unions, regional transport offices (RTOs) and political parties across ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP leader Haji Arfat Shaikh has said that auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers across the state will learn basic Marathi within 100 days, amid an ongoing controversy over the ...

Sarnaik said demands of autorickshaw and taxi unions to give non-Marathi drivers a fixed time to learn the language were reasonable and are being considered, he said. The minister's comments have come ...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Transport Department will begin a statewide inspection and awareness drive from May 1 to promote basic Marathi among auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers, while also tightening ...

Every few months, Maharashtra returns to the same debate about the Marathi language. This time, the focus is on the government’s proposal that auto and taxi drivers should know basic Marathi. Language ...

In response to the state transport department’s decision to make knowledge of basic Marathi compulsory for auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers operating in Maharashtra, several transport unions in Pune ...

Maharashtra school education minister Dadaji Bhuse asserted the need for all school staff to be proficient in basic Marathi, reinforcing its status as a core subject from 2025-26. The mandate ...

Pune: State govt is planning to offer basic Marathi training to autorickshaw and cab drivers who do not speak the language, following its decision to make knowing Marathi mandatory or face possible ...

More than 650 non-Marathi-speaking autorickshaw drivers and owners in Ulhasnagar have completed a Marathi language training programme aimed at improving communication with passengers and encouraging ...

Government insists autorickshaw, taxi drivers interacting with passengers must have working knowledge of Marathi; enforcement to be strict. Rickshaw, taxi Unions seek transition period for non-Marathi ...