TN doubles minimum auto fares
28.10.2026 THE HINDU
Chennai: The state govt has doubled the minimum autorickshaw fare from 25 to 50 for the first 1.8km and raised the charge for every additional kilometre from 12 to 25 in Chennai and elsewhere in the state.
The earlier fares were fixed in 2013. A gazette notification, issued by the home department on Oct 27, provides for a night fare of 1.5 times the regular fare for journeys between 10pm and 5am. Waiting charges have been fixed at 1 a minute.
For ghat routes, the minimum fare will be 60 — 1.2 times the regular minimum fare — with a charge of 30 for every additional kilometre. The notification, signed by principal secretary A Karthik, directs the State Transport Authority and the regional transport authorities concerned to fix the revised fares for contract carriage autorickshaws.
The order supersedes the govt’s earlier fare notifications dated Aug 25, 2013, and Oct 16, 2014. TNN
