Expansion of Bharat Taxi
- Bharat Taxi is India's first cooperative-owned, driver-centric ride-hailing platform, registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002.
- Anchored by the Ministry of Cooperation under the "Sahkar se Samriddhi" vision, with drivers ("Sarathis") as member-owners, not mere gig workers.
- UPSC relevance: cooperatives (Part IXB, Art. 243ZH–ZT), platform/gig economy, federal mobility regulation, alternative to aggregator (Uber/Ola) model.