Do you need a license to drive a rickshaw in India?

To start driving an auto-rickshaw all one needs is a valid 3-wheeler driving license. But to operate an auto-rickshaw as a transport vehicle/contract carriage, individuals are required to possess and carry on their person a number of documents at all times.



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On an average Auto-rickshaw Driver can earn upto Rs. 1.2k per day in one shift. Rs. 1.2k is just the Revenue (only the cash inflows) and not the Profit (Revenue - Expenses).

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It wasn't a cakewalk for Tandra Sadhukhan, who chose auto-rickshaw driving as her profession. Today, Kolkata might know her as the female auto-rickshaw driver who runs in Rabindra Sarobar-Taratala route and an upcoming daily soap also draws real-life inspiration from Tandra but the beginning wasn't easy.

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Mumbai has the largest market with around 150,000 auto-rickshaws. Auto-rickshaws serve between 10-20 percent of daily motorized road transport trips for people in Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Rajkot.

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