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Uber launches scheme for local taxis, autos

28 Jul, 2016 17:38 IST|Sakshi
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Mumbai: Taxi aggregator Uber on Thursday announced the ‘Mi Pan Malak’ scheme to encourage taxi and auto drivers across the megapolis to join its platform.

Under the scheme, the drivers can avail of offers and services through Uber’s partnerships with leading financial institutions and car manufacturers with a down payment of as low as Rs 25,000, Uber said in a statement here. Presently, ‘kaali-peeli’ drivers rent taxis for 12-hour shifts paying as high as Rs 600 per shift (excluding CNG), Uber claimed. With the same amount of money, these drivers can own their vehicles, it said.

This comes at a time when taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers across all major cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Kochi, have been organising protests, saying that on- demand taxi aggregators like Uber and Ola are a threat to their livelihoods.

They are also demanding better rules to level the playing field regarding pricing. While cab aggregators operate on- demand based surge pricing, regular taxis have to abide by government-mandated ceilings on the minimum and maximum fares.

Uber claims that at least 30 per cent of its existing driver partners in Mumbai are ex-taxi, auto and radio taxi drivers. In February this year, during the ‘Make in India’ week hosted by the Centre, Uber signed an agreement with the Maharashtra government’s Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Department (SDED) to create 75,000 new economic opportunities, including a focus on training women and people from marginalised societies.

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