Survey by Oxford Economics, in partnership with Uber, shows three-quarters of women surveyed, who use ride-hailing apps to travel to work, do so because it offers a safer commute than other options.
Company spokesperson Ruchica Tomar disputed the idea it had considered retreating from India and said that it was not leaving the country, ‘not even for a minute’.
Drivers cancelling rides due to unfavourable destination or non-cash payment is cab app users’ biggest headache, according to a nationwide survey by community platform LocalCircles.
Delhi’s cab drivers say AAP govt has failed to protect them in face of competition from Ola and Uber, while auto drivers complain that free bus rides for women scheme has hurt them.
Car makers are milking the situation to get tax concessions from a harried govt. But if car costs are too high, why can’t they cut prices? They can afford it.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said several factors have led to the slowdown, and cited studies that said there was a change in the mindset of millenials when it comes to transport.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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