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From Ola-Uber To 'Sahkar': Amit Shah Announces Cooperative Taxi Service With Driver Ownership At Core
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (Pic: Twitter)
In a significant move to empower India's taxi drivers, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has announced the formation of a national taxi service based on the cooperative model.
Addressing a national seminar organized in Mumbai on the occasion of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 on Friday (20 June), Shah said the government has decided to establish the Tribhuvan Sahkari University, and its foundation stone laying ceremony will take place soon.
A taxi service based on the cooperative model will also be launched, in which taxi drivers will not only be made members but will also act as the owners, with profits directly credited to their bank accounts, he said.
He added that by increasing the cooperative sector's share in insurance, a fully cooperative-owned insurance company will soon be established, opening up many new opportunities.
Earlier in March, Shah had announced the government’s plans to launch a new app-based taxi service, ‘Sahkar’, on the lines of Ola and Uber.
The announcement was made in Parliament amid the discussion on the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023.
Shah had said that the taxi service will register two- and four-wheeler as well as rickshaws.
