India, Nov. 30 -- The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to encourage ride-hailing apps to have at least 15 per cent women among their drivers within six months.

Justice Ravi Chirania delivered the court order, which also directed the raising of this target to 25 per cent over the next two to three years, PTI news agency reported.

The order stated that female passengers must also have the option to choose a woman driver as their first preference on these ride-hailing platforms.

The directions were part of a court order which called for urgent structural reforms to Rajasthan's cyber-policing network.

Justice Chirania called cybercrime an "unstoppable and rapidly escalating threat", and asked the state government to ...