New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The Union road transport and highways ministry will soon issue national-level guidelines on shared mobility, focusing on pooling services by private car owners, to tackle pollution and decongest metros.

A formal framework, anchored by the Centre, is also expected to give clarity to app-based services such as Quick Ride, redBus, and BlaBlaCar, based on which they can expand the scope of the services, and bring uniformity in rules across states and, thus, reduce regulatory hurdles.

"The norms for ridesharing through non-transport private vehicles will be released in a month. The idea is to encourage adoption of shared mobility, via cars or bikes. After this, states will have to implement it at their own discretion," ...