Uber starts disbursing money to drivers from Rs 25 cr dedicated corpus

Firm also plans to roll out hospital cash insurance for its drivers, covering Covid-19 and other illnesses requiring hospitalisation for up to 14 days

Uber said on Thursday that the driver partners on its platform have begun receiving the first batch of grants from a Rs 25 crore Uber Care Driver Fund, created in partnership with social enterprises Give India and Samhita.

Uber aims to raise an additional Rs 25 crore to reach a combined target of Rs 50 crore, through contributions from its employees, riders, corporate social responsibility funds and citizens through a partnership with crowdfunding organisation Milaap, to look after the welfare and wellbeing of driver partners on its platform.

"This is a crisis nobody has ever seen or knows how to react to,"