New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Delhi government is planning to allow carpooling to resume by the end of this month on ride-hailing platforms such as Uber, Ola, and Rapido, two people familiar with the matter said.

The move would bring back app-based pooling in a city grappling with worsening congestion and pollution. At the heart of the dispute, experts say, was not private carpooling itself but the absence of a clear state-level framework governing commercial pooling features on ride-hailing platforms.

While the government is keen to restart services as early as this month, carpooling will be classified as a non-commercial shared mobility option. Aggregators have been asked to rebuild in-app pooling features, a process that will take time, g...