In the wake of rising CNG fares in Delhi over the last few months, the Delhi Government Friday approved the revised fare for Auto Rickshaw and Taxi in Delhi. This comes as a relief to nearly two lac Auto Rickshaw and Taxi drivers who had to bear more cost due to recent hikes in the CNG prices.

New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Chhath Puja will be celebrated along the Yamuna river this year too as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved allocation of Yamuna Ghats for the celebration.

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): With the aim to reduce congestion on Delhi's roads and bring down the number of polluting and aged vehicles, the Delhi government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today gave in-principle approval to provide concession on road tax to new vehicle buyers after scrapping of their old vehicles.

New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Delhi government on Monday launched a scheme to provide financial support to women willing to take driver training to become professional taxi drivers in future, the official statement said.

New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday inaugurated the Automated Driving Test Tracks set up for evening or night tests at Shakurbasti, Mayur Vihar and Vishwas Nagar.

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Amid rising fuel prices the Delhi government on Wednesday set up a committee for fare revision of auto-rickshaws and taxis in the national capital an official statement said It said the Fare Revision Committee will be headed by the Special Commissioner State Transport Authority Other members in the panel include Deputy Commissioner and Deputy Controller of Accounts two nominated District Transport Officers and a technical expert The committee will also include members of civil society including representatives from Resident Welfare Associations RWA commuters and students Commenting on the step taken by the Aam Aadmi Party AAP government Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot in the statement said The Kejriwal government understands the plight of drivers and owners who are affected by the rising fuel prices Over the last two days I have met with many auto and taxi unions and discussed various issues they are facing The Fare Revision committee has been formulated and directions have already been issued to provide a report as early as possible I assure you that we will come up with a solution that is amicable to driversowners and commuters alike he said Gahlot also requested the taxi ownersdrivers who are still on strike to resume their duties The decision came after the Delhi government received various representations from auto and taxi unions putting forth their demands like increasing fares and subsidy on CNG The minister had met with various auto and taxi unions on Tuesday to listen to their demands With a fresh hike of Rs 25 per kg in CNG prices the drivers of auto-rickshaws taxis and cabs had gone on a strike on Monday The strike of cab drivers was postponed for 15 days on Wednesday while auto drivers had called off their strike on Monday only This is the third time the CNG prices have been hiked this month and CNG prices have risen by Rs 156 per kg in less than six weeks The price of CNG is currently Rs 7161 per kg in Delhi The national capital currently has close to 97000 autos including newly registered e-autos 12000 yellow-black taxis and 50000 economy radio taxis PTI ABU AKM CK

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Drivers of ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola have postponed their strike for 15 days after the Delhi governments assurance that their demands for subsidy on CNG and revision of fare would be looked intoThe strike began on Monday causing However there was a respite for commuters as autorickshaws were plying on city roadsThe president of Sarvodaya Drivers Welfare Association Ravi Rathore said the strike has been postponed for a fortnightWe had a meeting with Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot on Tuesday He assured us that he would consider our demands and asked us to wait for 10 daysToday they have formed a Fare Revision Committee So keeping these things in mind we decided to postpone our strike for 15 days he told PTIRathore said the cabs drivers will return to work on ThursdayThe cab drivers also staged a protest at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to press for their demands PTI AKM NSD

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI To promote entrepreneurship among women the Delhi government on Monday entered into an agreement with the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University to provide them state of the art training An memorandum of understanding was signed by the director of the Women and Child Development Department WCD and the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University DSEU Registrar in the presence of WCD Minister Kailash Gahlot This MoU is helping to launch an era of women entrepreneurs through skilling and giving them a platform to innovate their own livelihood ideas Gahlot said He said that this journey is not just to empower women through providing them opportunities but also to educate them to empower themselves and generations to come I am hopeful for impressive outcomes that will result from this partnership The Delhi government is highly focused on creating employment which was heavily reflected in our Rozgar Budget this year too Gahlot said According to the WCD department 120 anganwadi hub centres will act as training-cum-business incubation centres for women entrepreneurs and for women micro-entrepreneurship programmes One hundred women micro-entrepreneurial ventures will be supported under the programme and the capacity building of more than 2500 women at anganwadis will be trained to move up the economic ladder Anchored in the departments Samriddhi Project the MoU aims to undertake the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program to train existing and new women entrepreneurs in Delhi for establishing their own enterprise using the platform of DWCDs Saheli Samanvay Kendra SSK Anganwadi Hubs The SSK is an intervention developed during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic for facilitating collective action to address socio-economic needs of women girls and children through more effective utilization of anganwadis Principal Secretary WCD Pro Vice Chancellor DSEU and other senior officials from WCD and DSEU were present during the signing of the MoU PTI ABU ABU ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired a high-level review meeting on the progress of the 'Rozgaar Budget'. During the budget announcement, the government had set a target of generating 20 lakh jobs over the next five years.

New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Delhi Government is set to become the first in the country to provide subsidies on e-cycles with a view to improve last-mile connectivity and delivery, Delhi's Transport and Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Thursday.