<p>Tata Group and Uber Technologies Inc. have partnered to provide the driver partners on&nbsp;Uber platform an integration of services for vehicle purchase and ownership. This partnership permits the owners and drivers on Uber platform to buy cars from Tata&nbsp;Motors using flexible financing solutions from Tata Capital Financial Services and Tata&nbsp;Motors Finance, and getting insured from Tata AIG. <br><br>Eric Alexander, head of business, Uber Asia mentioned, "It's clear from talking to drivers&nbsp;that they value the flexible working style and hours. We are excited to work with Tata to&nbsp;help make it easier and more affordable for drivers to get on the road - increasing micro-entrepreneurship in India."&nbsp;</p><p>In a prepared statement, Uber's co-founder and CEO, Travis Kalanick, said, "We're particularly&nbsp;focused on building a great service for hundreds of millions of Indians — and Tata's&nbsp;leadership and experience will be crucial in helping us meet this important goal."<br>As per Madhu Kannan, member-group executive council and group head for business&nbsp;development and public affairs, Tata Sons, "This will help us bring individual entrepreneurs&nbsp;into the formal workforce, who otherwise wouldn’t have had access to formal finance and&nbsp;ability to purchase vehicles."<br><br>With this initiative, over the next year, Tata and Uber hope to enable more than 20,000&nbsp;drivers to start their own business on Uber platform. Launched first in Hyderabad, they plan&nbsp;to roll out these services to other cities as well. Tata Opportunity Fund invested in Uber last&nbsp;year, and through the current partnership, Uber hopes to expand their franchise in India. <br><br>Recently, Uber announced it will deploy $1 billion in India over the next six to nine month,&nbsp;just like it did in China, to corner market share from Ola. The funding announcement made&nbsp;on Wednesday is separate from the India investment allocation, Jain of Uber said.&nbsp;A lot of the $1 billion that's being allocated to India will be used in doling out discounts and&nbsp;promotions by Uber which is presently operational in 18 cities in India.<br></p>