The company is yet to finalize the pricing for UberPOOL for the riders. The objective is to help people move past carownership. Uber’s taking UberPool global, testing it soon in Bangalore, India.

The service is initially being piloted in Bengaluru, which becomes the sixth city worldwide for the Uber Pool service but the first in India. Called UberPool, the service will be available in beta in Bengaluru in the coming weeks.

Over the past two years, Bengaluru has been encouraging residents to make use of car-pooling and other measures to reduce traffic.

“Our vision for “UberPOOL” means helping solve some of the toughest problems cities face today, whether it’s congestion, pollution, or lack of access to transportation”.

“Commuters can share a ride – and split the cost – with another person who happens to be requesting a ride along a similar route”, said the statement. The service will be launched in its Beta version in Bangalore, to gain insights from commuter adoption and usage as the company quotes.

And as has been the case with a lot of Uber’s india announcements, the company is aligning the launch of UberPOOL in Bangalore with yet another Government-backed scheme. “UberPOOL” is the service, which is now introduced in the country by the Uber.

Interestingly, a VentureBeat report from earlier this month quoted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick as saying that UberPOOL was not “as profitable as the rest of Uber’s offering”, but he was not anxiousgiven that “it’s all about inducing carpooling in all the cities” it operated in.

It also claims to have a 40% month on month growth, with a market share of over 40% in the country. TechCrunch understands from sources that Ola’s own carpooling service – Ola Pool – will launch next week.

When it goes live, that service, too, will allow users to split fares and share cabs with other people. Ltd, said it has launched a new ride-sharing service, called CarPool, for customers across India.