India considers use of pvt vehicles as shared taxis, move to benefit Ola, Uber

India considers use of pvt vehicles as shared taxis, move to benefit Ola, Uber

A user scans for an available vehicle using the Uber app on an Apple Inc. iPhone 5 smartphone in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Friday, May 30, 2014. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

India is examining the use of private vehicles as shared taxis in an effort to reduce car ownership and curb growing traffic congestion in major cities, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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