Bharat Taxi rolls into Chandigarh with zero commission, no surge pricing; drivers offered ownership stake

Chandigarh, Sept 18 (UNI) Bharat Taxi, a government-backed cooperative ride-hailing platform promising zero commission for drivers and no surge pricing for passengers, was launched in Chandigarh on Friday, offering a new option in the city's app-based transport market after the administration suspended the licences of Ola, Uber and inDrive for six months. Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria launched the service, which is part of an initiative under the union Ministry of Cooperation and seeks to make drivers stakeholders in the platform rather than merely service providers. "Bharat Taxi is not merely a transport service, but an initiative…