Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah formally launched India’s first cooperative-based taxi service ‘Bharat Taxi’

• Bharat Taxi is India's first cooperative-led ride-hailing platform, launched formally by Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah; drivers (Sarathis) are the owners, not platform employees.
• Registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002; promoted by the Ministry of Cooperation as a domestic alternative to investor-driven aggregators (Ola/Uber).
• UPSC relevance: cooperative federalism, gig/unorganised workers' welfare, Sahakar-se-Samriddhi vision, GS-II governance + GS-III economy/employment.