Mumbai, 24 Oct (HS):

The Cooperative Department of the Government of India will soon launch ‘Bharat

Taxi’ services to break the monopoly of private operators like Ola and Uber.

The Bharat Taxi will be introduced under the banner of Multi-State Cooperative

Taxi Limited, and the taxi drivers will be members of the Cooperative and not

employees.

The profit earned

will be shared directly with the drivers, so that their exploitation by private

operators is eliminated.

Initially, the

services will be started in Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. It

will be extended in other state in a phased manner. ‘No Surge Pricing’ during

festive season policy has been accepted to prevent burden on the customers. An

initial capital of Rs 300 crore has been raised.

Eight prominent

cooperatives in the country have extended support to the proposal. The Managing

Director of Amul, Jayen Mehta has been appointed Chairman of the Bharat Taxi

Cooperative Society.

The services are

expected to be introduced by te end of this year.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar