In Photos: Amit Shah launches Bharat Taxi service across 14 cities in Gujarat

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched Bharat Taxi service in 14 major cities of the state, including Ahmedabad, Surat, Dwarka, Vadodara, Rajkot, Somnath, Valsad, Anand, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Nadiad, Junagadh, Mehsana and Amreli (Source: Photo by PTI)

He declared that Bharat Taxi will reach more than 500 cities across India within two years (Source: Photo by PTI)

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi, Minister Jitu Vaghani, Ministry of Cooperation secretary Dr Ashish Kumar Bhutani, senior functionaries from the cooperative sector, representatives of various institutions, and more than 4,000 'Saarthis' associated with Bharat Taxi attended the event (Source: Photo by PTI)

Speaking at the official launch of Bharat Taxi in Gujarat at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Shah said reports claiming Bharat Taxi's fares are higher were misleading (Source: Photo by PTI)

According to Shah, some companies want to engage in unfair competition, operate at a loss, and drive Bharat Taxi out of the market (Source: Photo by PTI)

Bharat Taxi is India's first cooperative-led, driver-owned ride-hailing service, launched to provide a fairer alternative to traditional aggregators (Source: Photo by PTI)

Backed by the Central government and major cooperatives, it operates on a zero-commission model where drivers are platform owners and keep the full fare (Source: Photo by PTI)

Bharat Taxi was soft-launched in Gujarat in December 2025 (Source: Photo by PTI)