Amit Shah launches Bharat Taxi, India”s first driver-owned ride-hailing platform, in 14 Gujarat cities. Offers zero-commission, surge-free rides & driver benefits. New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will on Saturday launch Bharat Taxi, India’s first driver-owned ride-hailing platform, across 14 major cities in Gujarat, with the government targeting a state-wide rollout…
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will launch the driver-owned ‘Bharat Taxi’ initiative in Gandhinagar, a zero-commission cooperative ride-hailing platform. He will also inaugurate the PM Family Care Tracker Pilot Project during his two-day Gujarat visit Published Date – 26 June 2026, 05:59 PM File Photo Gandhinagar: Union Home and…
New Delhi: Within four months of its launch, Bharat Taxi, the ride-hailing platform backed by the Ministry of Cooperation is looking at expanding its presence to 100 cities and towns across the country by the end of FY2026-27. It has already accelerated driver onboarding and is rolling out services in some of these new markets….
A new name is quietly changing how people in towns and smaller cities think about getting around. Bharat Taxi, a driver-owned ride-hailing platform launched in February, has announced plans to expand to 55 to 60 smaller cities over the next three to six months. The list includes places like Kanpur and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh,…
Expansion drive Of the nearly 650,000 drivers associated with the platform, around 50% drive cabs, 30% bikes and the remainder autos, according to the platform. Bharat Taxi’s expansion strategy mirrors that of ride-hailing platform Rapido, which initially focused on tier-II and tier-III markets. “Consumers need multiple alternatives in smaller cities, and we aim to provide…
BJP MLC Pravin Darekar has announced the launch of cooperative taxi services named “Devabhau Taxi” and “Chhava Taxi” in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), positioning them as an alternative to private ride-hailing platforms such as Ola, Uber and Rapido. According to Darekar, the initiative is based on the “Bharat Taxi” model already operating in cities including Delhi and Kolkata….
Jaipur: A new app-based transport service, Barat Taxi, began trial operations in Jaipur Thursday, offering bike taxi, auto-rickshaw and cab services in the city.The launch brings Jaipur into the Bharat Taxi network, which has already expanded to cities including Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh and Lucknow. According to officials, nearly 13,000 drivers in Jaipur have registered with the…
The announcement came after a high-level meeting held at Mantralaya to discuss the proposed launch of Sahakar Taxi Co-operative Limited (Bharat Taxi). The meeting was attended by Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, Minister of State Madhuri Misal, and several legislators including Pravin Darekar, Ravindra Chavan, Prasad Lad, Prashant Thakur, Mahesh Baldi, and Randhir Savarkar, along with…
Mumbai, 3rd June 2026: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed the state transport department to frame regulations for app-based cooperative taxi services and facilitate the launch of the proposed Bharat Taxi service in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. Fadnavis said the cooperative taxi model has the potential to bring economic stability and social security to…
Maharashtra is set to pave the way for cooperative app-based taxi services, with the state government announcing that a regulatory framework for aggregator cooperatives will be formulated soon. The move is expected to enable the launch of driver-owned ride-hailing platforms and offer an alternative to private taxi aggregators operating in the state. Cooperative model promises…