{"id":201223,"date":"2022-08-23T18:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=201223"},"modified":"2022-08-23T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:04:47","slug":"kerala-savari-indias-first-online-taxi-service-as-a-public-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-savari-indias-first-online-taxi-service-as-a-public-option\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, India\u2019s first online taxi service as a public option"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c\u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, India\u2019s first online taxi service as a public option\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 23rd August 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala has soft launched \u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, the country\u2019s first online taxi service owned by a State government.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Kerala Savari?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an online taxi service launched by the Kerala government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To ensure fair and decent service to passengers along with fair remuneration to auto-taxi workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What are the main attractions of Kerala Savari?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>No Surge Pricing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It ensures safe travel for the public at \u2018government approved fares\u2019 without any \u2018surge pricing\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Safe for women:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a safe and reliable online service for women, children, and senior citizens. A police clearance certificate is mandatory for drivers joining the scheme apart from the required proper training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Low Service Charge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It only charges an 8% service charge in addition to the rate set by the government whereas the private cab aggregators charge up to 20 to 30% service charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Panic Button: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200bA 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.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201c\u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, India\u2019s first online taxi service as a public option\u201d published in The Hindu on 23rd August 2022. What is the News? Kerala has soft launched \u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, the country\u2019s first online taxi service owned by a State government. What is Kerala Savari? It is an&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kerala-savari-indias-first-online-taxi-service-as-a-public-option\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Kerala Savari\u2019, India\u2019s first online taxi service as a public option<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-201223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}