Indriver in process to register in Nepal

By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Aug. 2: The international ride-sharing company, Indriver, has initiated the process to get registered in Nepal to formalise its business locally.  "The process to register the business locally in Nepal as a ride hailing – public transport company has begun. We will soon expand the business to other cities across the country soon," Pavit Nanda Anand, PR Manager of the company for South Asia, said in a conversation with The Rising Nepal. 

She informed that till now Indriver has been just promoting the business and has not raised any commission from the drivers.  The California, USA-based company has expanded its business in more than 645 cities of 45 countries including Nepal. It has officially launched the business in India Nepal and Pakistan, and it will be available in Bangladesh soon. The mobile application of this real-time deal model ride sharing and taxi hailing company has the second largest download. 

It was launched in Indian city of Chandigarh three years ago and now is operating in multiple cities there. Currently, Bangladeshi Pathao and domestic Tootle are operating in Nepal while a couple of domestic ride-hailing companies are in the pipeline. 

Anand said that Indriver has a transparent system to operate business. "We verify all the documents of the riders and drivers, and publish online. We will have a customer support team which connects to the police in case of an emergency," she said. 

However, she informed that Indriver doesn't have insurance policy for the passengers but maintained that it would be managed if the government policy demanded it. 

According to Anand, the company is a different product than the available ride-sharing or taxi-hailing companies functioning in the market as it provides the bargaining option to the drivers and passengers. 

The company is running Corporate Social Responsibility activities to promote women entrepreneurs in the IT sector and plans to launch tech awards in Nepal to support them.