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International Year of Cooperatives COVER STORY

Bharat Taxi

India’s First Cooperative-

Based Mobility Platform

Sahakar Taxi Cooperative Limited is the
country’s first cooperative-based mobility
platform, which aims to empower drivers and
provide affordable and reliable transportation
to the public. Based on cooperation,
transparency, and shared ownership,
Sahakar Taxi is a people-centric approach
to traditional ride-hailing platforms. Set to
Cooperatives contribute one-third of launch soon under the name “Bharat Taxi,”

sugar production, one-fourth of fertilizer the platform aims to transform the mobility
landscape in India. This initiative aims to
production, one-fifth of agricultural transform the mobility ecosystem with a
loans, paddy and fish procurement, cooperative-driven, transparent, and citizen-

and one-tenth of milk production and first ride-hailing platform. The project is
being jointly promoted by the National
distribution in the country. Cooperative Development Corporation,
along with IFFCO, NAFED, Amul, Kribhco,
NDDB, NCEL, and NABARD.

ment, the bylaws of the Central Government’s model done through PACS. 36,000 Pradhan Mantri Kisan
PACS have been approved across the country, from Samriddhi Kendras (PMKVKs) are operating nation-
Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from the Northeast to wide. More than 4,000 Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi
Dwarka. Kendras (PMJAYs) are being established here. Also,
This change has integrated more than 25 eco- a number of PACS are starting their own petrol
nomic activities into PACS. It has integrated an elec- pumps. Several PACS have applied for LPG distribu-
tion system and incorporated a common accounting tion. Grain storage, which had previously been left
software, available in all languages. PACS provide to private hands, is now being implemented under
short, medium, and long-term agricultural loans. PM Modi’s leadership as the world’s largest food
They now distribute improved seeds, grow fruits and storage scheme. So far, work has begun in 76 of the
vegetables, and engage in beekeeping. PACS fisher- 500 identified PACS warehouses. Work on 11 PACS
ies society, PACS dairy, are being formed, and other warehouses has been completed, and paddy and
activities such as sericulture are also undertaken. wheat purchased through PACS are being delivered
PACS also operates as a Common Service Center. from storage to each person under the Muft Anna
Today, over 50,000 PACS have been developed as Yojana.
common service centers across the country, cover- Computerized software has been provided for all
ing over 300 central and state government schemes. these activities. All transactions have become online.
Birth and death registrations, air and railway ticket In a way, a new modern revolution has taken place
bookings, and any verification process are all being in the cooperative sector. The formation of two lakh

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