Maharashtra Government retrogades on taxi permits

Not unexpected, but Maharashtra government decision to impose language conditions for obtaining taxi permits is certainly retrograde. Most of the taxi drivers ply in the airport area, don't they need to know English. Mumbai being a cosmopolitan area, most of the drivers need to know Hindi well to cater to their customers. What customers want is of paramount importance than what the government dictates. I thought with the passing away of Comrade Basu, government interference in silly matters would have lessened, but the chauvinistic leaders' mindset is always 50 years old. Would it not be better if the government did something about the shabby appearance, spitting habits and bad and uncouth language and ill tempered manners of the drivers and their refusal to ply to a distance not of their choice with impunity.