{"id":14343,"date":"2026-04-27T22:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:16:50","slug":"130564623-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=14343","title":{"rendered":"Maha mininster stalls action against auto, cab drivers on Marathi issue | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130564624,imgsize-194292,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/marathi-language-compulsion-for-drivers-row.jpg\" alt=\"Maha mininster stalls action against auto, cab drivers on Marathi issue\" title=\"Thane: A man shows a sticker after the Maharashtra government plans to make Marathi language compulsory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers, in Thane. 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(PTI Photo) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik Monday put on hold the decision to cancel licences and permits of auto and taxi drivers from May 1 over non-compliance with the Marathi language requirement, opting instead for a phased campaign on awareness, verification and training.<!-- --> The Mumbai Autorickshawmen&#8217;s Union called off its May 4 protest after discussions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>From May 1 to Aug 15, govt will conduct a survey across 59 RTOs to determine how many drivers are Marathi-speaking and how many are not. The exercise will also detect fake licences, bogus badges and permit-related irregularities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Non-Marathi-speaking drivers will be guided to training centres and offered tuition to acquire practical proficiency. &#8220;After giving them a reasonable chance, we will strictly enforce law,&#8221; Sarnaik said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The transport ministry has withdrawn its earlier decision of reading and writing tests in Marathi and will instead prepare a short curriculum focused on practical use.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/maha-mininster-stalls-action-against-auto-cab-drivers-on-marathi-issue\/articleshow\/130564623.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thane: A man shows a sticker after the Maharashtra government plans to make Marathi language&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33788,724,723,719,720,721,33785,33786,33784,33787,722],"class_list":["post-14343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-auto-and-taxi-drivers","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-licences-and-permits-cancellation","tag-maharashtra-transport-minister","tag-marathi-language-requirement","tag-marathi-speaking-drivers","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}