BusIndia was launched last year along in cooperation with the government of India. We spoke to co-founder of the company Venu Myneni, to understand what they are planning to do next. Myneni claims that the site now has 10 lakh registered users with an ARPU of Rs 350-400 and 90% of the bus inventory in India. He says that the service currently offers bus tickets for 17 Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) with plans to add two more this month. The number of registered users seems to be increasing at a rate of 2 lakh a month. Plans to add private operators BusIndia has been offering RTC buses only till now, but it will start offering tickets for private buses in routes that are not supported by RTCs very soon. "We are in talks with RTCs to figure out how we can do this without affecting our relationship with them. As of now, we are considering adding private operators in areas where the RTCs do not have a service. We are adding good private operators and when I say good operators, I mean services that are doing a professional job. This is important as some play with the system and then do unprofessional things, such as running more buses in a route without permits, not ensuring safety requirements etc. We don't want any of those companies. We are not working with governments and aggregators to reach these private companies and filter the list," he said. RTCs vs private operators From what…
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