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Cooperative Taxi Platform: Platforms like Ola, Uber and Rapido can now get a new challenge. In fact, the Central Government is going to start a co-operative taxi service called ‘Sahkar Taxi’ very soon …Read more
Ola-Luber will end arbitrary!
Highlights
- The government announced the ‘Sahakar Taxi’ service.
- This service will compete with Ola, Uber.
- Drivers will get profit directly.
Cooperative taxi platform: The central government on Thursday announced the launch of the new co-operative taxi ‘Sahkar Taxi’. Its purpose is to provide bikes, cabs and auto services. With the launch of this cooperative taxi service, platforms like Ola, Uber and Rapido will compete in the online taxi market. The purpose of this step is to provide an alternative transport service, where drivers will be able to earn directly without sharing profits with big companies.
Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said in Parliament that cooperative taxi will register two-wheeler taxis, auto-rickshaws and four-wheeler taxis across the country. Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘prosperity from cooperation’ is not just a slogan, the Ministry of Cooperatives has worked day and night in the last three and a half years to realize it. The Union Minister further said that cooperative taxi service will be started in the coming months.
Drivers will benefit
Unlike private companies, this service will ensure that all the earnings remain with the drivers, which will give them more financial benefits. The Union Cooperative Minister said, “No big industrialist will benefit from this service, but the drivers of the vehicle will get.”
Co-operative insurance company will be made
Shah said that apart from this, a co-operative insurance company will also be formed which will provide insurance service to the people in the country. He further said that in short time, it will become the largest insurance company of private.
‘Passenger partner’ service is going on in West Bengal
In West Bengal, a similar service called ‘Yatri Saathi’ is already running, which was already available only in Kolkata. Now it has also expanded in cities like Siliguri, Asansol and Durgapur.
‘Kerala Riding’ started in Kerala in 2022
Kerala was the first state in the country to start the Government Online Taxi Service ‘Kerala Riding’ in 2022. Although it has been discontinued due to low use, the state government is now planning to resume it with revised fares and better software.
