Sushil has spent years on Delhi’s roads, driving for various taxi companies. Now he thinks he might finally own a piece of one.

“When Uber and Rapido make money, it stays with them,” he says. “With this, if it makes money, I get a share too.”

He means Bharat Taxi, launched by Amit Shah, India’s home minister who moonlights as the head of the five-year-old cooperation ministry, in February. The cab aggregator, Shah informed the parliament on 5 August, had already onboarded nearly 800,000 drivers across more than seven cities and earned them a cumulative........

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