Bengaluru's Namma Yatri app likely to start charging subscription fees from September 1. Details here
₹25 for unlimited trips/day or ₹3.50 per ride with no charges after 10 trips. According to a Moneycontrol report, officials say that the app has been offered free of cost since its launch but the subscription fees is needed to maintain the app, cover expenses and manage customer care centre.
Notably, other costs involved in running the app include Research and development, engineering and Google Maps, that is free for individual users but not for businesses. More than 35,000 drivers have opted in for the new plans released by the ride hailing app while 7,500 drivers have completed the subscrition process organically, a spokesperson for Namma Yatri app told Moneycontrol.
The report states that Namma Yatri is also offering a ₹1 per ride pass for the month of September and almost 6,000 riders have opeted for the subscription. The Namma Yatri app was launched on November 1 last year in partnership with the Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani backed Beckn Foundation.
In March this year, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), launched last year to enable small merchants across India tap into the e-commerce segment announced that it has onboarded auto-rickshaw booking application, Namma Yatri on its platform as a step to foray into the mobility space. According to a post on Namma Yatri website, “Namma Yatri is a Direct-to-Driver app.
There is no commission or middle-men. What you pay goes 100% to the Driver and his family!"
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