https://www.rickshawchallenge.com Pure Adventure! Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://rickshawchallenge.gamblingzion.com/uploads/2019/08/cropped-RC-FB-no-background-32x32.png https://www.rickshawchallenge.com 32 32 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/05/the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/2009/12/05/the-economics-of-an-autorickshaw-in-delhi/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:11:11 +0000 https://www.rickshawchallenge.com/rkch/blog/?p=1413 Happened to talk to an auto rickshawallah in Delhi recently. Some interesting insights though not verified. Since they are coming directly from the horse’s mouth,should be generally true:
1.There are 90k auto rickshaw permits in Delhi and new ones are not being issued.
2.One auto rickshaw driver who owns the auto-rickshaw,earns on an average Rs25k per month.
3. Some auto rickshaw drivers rent out theirs for night shift @250 per night + 50%of cost of maintenance.
4.An auto rickshaw from outside Delhi is fined Rs 5k as soon as he enters Delhi. Vice versa is not true.
5. The permit can be sold for upwards of Rs 3lakhs which together with the cost of vehicle at about Rs 1.25 lakh results in on road price of about Rs 4.25 lakhs.
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