Road ministry directs motor vehicle aggregators to pull down all tip-related prompts prior to acceptance or ride completion
- Source
- The Economic Times - Industry
- Source link
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/roadways/road-ministry-directs-motor-vehicle-aggregators-to-pull-down-all-tip-related-prompts-prior-to-acceptance-or-ride-completion/articleshow/133186057.cms
- Published
- 2026-08-12 14:51:07
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-12 15:39:17
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- India
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
The Road Transport Ministry has directed ride aggregators to immediately remove all pre-ride tipping prompts from their apps, saying tips must remain voluntary and can only be offered after a journey is completed under the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2025.
Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-12 15:39:17
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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