Reportedly ride hailing giant Uber has partnered with state run Indian Oil Corp Ltd and digital payment platform Paytm to offer discount to drivers on petrol, diesel and CNG purchases at IOCL fuel stations across the country. Meanwhile Uber said over 12,000 Uber driver partners had already registered for this program.
Furthermore an IOCL spokesperson said the tripartite agreement, reached a couple of months ago, became operational only now after the requisite number of driver registration for the program was achieved. Vigyan Kumar, Executive Director (Retail Sales), IOCL, said in a statement "Indian Oil has been always striving to add to the fuelling experience of customers coming to its retail outlets. Through our association with Uber, we would be giving one more reason for a Uber driver partner to fuel with us and also earn Indian Oil's XTRAREWARD loyalty points for free fueling".
Moreover Uber launched its services in india in 2013 with its UberBLACK service and premium UberX service in 2014. Presently Uber operates in 31 cities in the country and aims to take its services to other parts as well.
