#Ola partners with Government for Socio-Economic Development of Safai Karamcharis and their families
Ola partners with Government for Socio-Economic Development of Safai Karamcharis and their families
- Ola signs MoU with NSKFDC (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) to create 10,000 women driver entrepreneurs over the next 5 years
- Beneficiaries will be trained under Commercial Motor Driving Training Program to avail opportunities with Ola thereafter as driver-partners
New Delhi, May 18, 2016: Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, today signed an MoU with National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) established under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The MoU is aimed at socio-economic development of Safai Karamcharis/ Scavengers and their dependents by enabling livelihood opportunities, especially for women beneficiaries identified by NSKFDC. The program will focus on building a sustainable framework by supporting entrepreneurship, skill development training and self-defence courses for women. The Ola – NSKFDC partnership has the potential to generate synergies that will result in a better future for driver entrepreneurs by creating sustainable careers and livelihoods for them. The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment said, “We are confident that our partnership with Ola will help us in meeting our objective of social and economic empowerment of women by creating job/self employment for these women, belonging to the families of Safai Karamcharis. The self defence training taught during the training will instill self confidence not only among these women drivers, but will also give a sense of security to the riders, particularly those who are traveling at odd hours. This initiative of NSKFDC, serves the twin purpose of security for women and their economic empowerment, which is the top most priority of the government.“
Ola, as a technology platform will help create opportunities for these trained drivers by giving them access to infrastructure, financing and continuous revenue. Ola aims to add 10,000 driver-partners on its platform over the next five years by mobilizing, training and engaging with aspirants through such partnerships.
Speaking about the MoU, Deep Singh, Business Head, North, Ola said, “We are extremely proud to partner with NSKFDC and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Through this partnership, we aim to create better livelihood and entrepreneurship opportunities for Safai Karamcharis/ Scavengers and their dependents This initiative is in line with Ola’s mission to up-skill drivers and create an ecosystem that is conducive for them to grow as entrepreneurs.” Deep further added,“Ola has forged a number of partnerships with State Governments and other Government agencies to accomplish a shared vision of creating entrepreneurship opportunities for hundreds of thousands of men and women across the country. This is yet another initiative from Ola towards creating a robust and balanced driver ecosystem; which is vital for our mission of creating mobility for a billion Indians.”
Under this MoU, Ola will facilitate driver-partner micro-entrepreneurship opportunities on its platform for those who are identified and trained by NSKFDC. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been training women as part of its commercial motor driving training programme with self defence skills. Ola will also help these trained women with opportunities like assistance in buying a car directly from manufacturers with the support of financial institutions that it has partnered with as well as placement as private drivers..
About Ola:
Founded in Jan 2011 by IIT Bombay alumni Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Ola (formerly Olacabs), is India’s most popular mobile app for personal transportation. Ola integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners onto a mobile technology platform ensuring convenient, transparent and quick service fulfilment. Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people. Using the Ola mobile app, users across 102 cities can book from over 3,50,000 vehicles across cabs, auto-rickshaws and taxis. Ola has also introduced a range of shared mobility services on its platform like Ola Shuttle and Ola Share for commute and ride-sharing respectively. The app is available on Android, iOS and Windows platforms. In early 2015, Ola acquired TaxiForSure, India’s second largest cab aggregator, which continues to operate as an independent brand. Please visit https://www.olacabs.com/ for more information.
About National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)
National Safai Karamchris Finance & Development Corporation” (NSKFDC), an Apex Corporation was set up for the socio economic development of SafaiKaramcharis/Scavengers and their dependants through its various schemes. NSKFDC was incorporated on 24th January, 1997 under Section 25 of the Companies Act as a ‘Not For Profit’ Organization. NSKFDC is a wholly owned Government Undertaking under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. The primary objective of NSKFDC is to eradicate terrible inhumane and evil practice of Manual Scavenging and to strengthen socio-economic development of people by providing financial assistance in the form of various Loan Schemes and Training Programmes for upgrading their skills through State Channelising Agencies (SCAs) nominated by State Governments/ UTs, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Nationalised Banks across the Country.
