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Maharashtra launched Bharat Taxi, a cooperative-based ride-hailing service, at Navi Mumbai International Airport on 23 July 2026.
It was flagged off by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with Union Minister of State for Cooperation Murlidhar Mohol.
Drivers become members and stakeholders of the cooperative and share in its profits, rather than being mere contractors.
The service promises no surge pricing, no hidden fees and transparent fares.
It builds on the Ministry of Cooperation's 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi' vision and had earlier rolled out in Delhi and Gujarat.
A private ride-hailing aggregator owns the platform and takes a commission from drivers, who remain independent contractors, and it can raise fares through surge pricing at busy times. In a cooperative model, the drivers themselves are members and part-owners of the platform, so the profits flow back to them and the fares can be kept fixed and transparent. Bharat Taxi applies this cooperative principle to urban mobility, tying it to the government's 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi' (prosperity through cooperation) theme.
Simple Analogy: It is the difference between renting a stall in someone else's market and owning a share of the market itself.
Central ministry promoting the cooperative movement under the theme 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi'
General Awareness > Government Initiatives and Economy
GS Paper 3 > Economy; Cooperative Sector
An enterprise owned and run jointly by its members, who share in its profits.
'Prosperity through cooperation' — the guiding vision of the Ministry of Cooperation.
Higher fares charged by aggregators when demand is high, which Bharat Taxi avoids.