The shadow turnover in the taxi industry in Russia is about 800 billion rubles – Public Council for Taxi Development

The shadow turnover in the taxi industry in Russia is about 800 billion rubles. About it informs “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” citing Irina Zaripova, Chairperson of the Public Council for Taxi Development.

She noted that the turnover has not fallen compared to last year. Now about 2 million drivers are engaged in private carriage, and only 430 thousand have been issued permits for such activities. According to Zaripova, there are 50 thousand OSAGO policies issued by taxi.

Now the government is preparing a new law on taxi, it has already passed an expert discussion in the Federation Council and in the near future it will be sent to the State Duma. It will oblige drivers to constantly undergo medical examinations, be checked for drug and alcohol use, and also monitor processing.

In addition, the document provides for the upper and lower levels for travel prices. This rule should protect legal taxi drivers from dumping by illegal immigrants, and passengers from an unreasonable increase in the cost of travel.