Bharat Taxi has been launched, but someone needs to ask, "why?" Where was govt when local auto/taxi drivers used to loot customers, and hence Ola solved the problem? Now that Ola/Uber are struggling, govt is trying to take away their business, to get us back to the old days.
All that govt needed to do was to regulate ride hailing companies, to make the rides safe and fair for the public. But with Bharat Taxi, they are going in a totally new direction. Perhaps the motive is to create "vote bank" of drivers, as it will be beneficial during elections.
We already saw how the govt nearly brought down India's best airline - IndiGo - by its random policy change. All that the govt needed to do was to get "readiness status" from each airline before implementing the policy. But govt was just sitting duck. Hence, thousands suffered.
At the time of taking oath, PM Modi had promised "minimum government, maximum governance". But alas, the govt is trying to make life difficult for everyone by "over-activity" - unnecessary interference in things already working fine. Whatever govt touches, loses its shine.
As a bottom line, I think the govt should not have launched a govt-backed taxi service, but should have focused on its real job instead.
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