Taxi hailing app Uber has signed a co-operation agreement with the Army Welfare Placement Organisation (AWPO) under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to create thousands of entrepreneurial opportunities for ex-servicemen and women on the Uber platform.

The AWPO is an organisation that assists in the placement of Indian Army ex-servicemen in private sector jobs and provides entrepreneurship opportunities.

“At AWPO we believe everyone who has served our country deserves the dignity to be able to support themselves when they return to the civilian workforce. That’s why we’re proud to be working with Uber to extend flexible, well-paid work to thousands of our ex-service members,” said Major General Deepak Sapra, MD, AWPO

 

Amit Jain, President of Uber India, said: “At Uber, we understand that members of our armed forces are some of the nation’s most talented, committed, and skilled people. It is our honour to extend our hand and provide access to opportunities for entrepreneurship and empowerment on the Uber platform.”

 

As part of this agreement, the AWPO will refer potential ex-servicemen who wish to become driver-partners on the Uber platform and actively promote Uber to its members and encourage them to consider becoming Uber driver-partners, while Uber will create driver-partner opportunities for over 100,000 ex-servicemen and women on the Uber platform through AWPO referrals. The San Francisco-based company will also provide eligible ex-servicemen and women access to vehicle financing schemes through Uber’s vehicle solutions programme.

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