Archive · 27 Oct 2025
Bharat Taxi: Cooperative Taxi Service Launches in India
Imagine a taxi service where the drivers also own part of the company.
That's Bharat Taxi!
Drivers keep all their earnings instead of paying commissions.
The government is supporting this new service to be fairer for drivers and offer customers better prices.
Beginning in Delhi in November 2025, it will expand to 20 cities.
Using digital tools, like DigiLocker, to make things easier, and offering fixed fares without surge pricing.
The goal is to compete with popular taxi apps by giving drivers more control and providing customers with more transparent fares.
Bharat Taxi is India's first cooperative taxi service.
Drivers become co-owners and shareholders in the service.
Drivers retain full earnings with no commissions.
Pricing is designed to be fair and transparent for passengers.
The service will initially launch in Delhi in November 2025 and expand to other cities.
- Who
- Bharat Taxi, a cooperative taxi service.
- What
- A new taxi service allowing drivers to become co-owners.
- When
- Starting in November 2025.
- Where
- Starting in Delhi, with expansion to 20 cities.
- Why
- To offer a driver-owned and transparent alternative to private cab aggregators.
- Service Name
- Bharat Taxi
- Primary Purpose
- Cooperative taxi service
- Key Feature
- Driver ownership and no commission
- Target Competitors
- Ola, Uber
- Initial Launch City
- Delhi
- Launch Date
- November 2025
- Government Backing
- Union Ministry of Cooperation
- Planned Expansion
- 20 cities including Mumbai, Pune, and Jaipur
