Our teams have worked tirelessly to develop new safety features (including an in-app emergency button) nationwide, establish a dedicated incident response team and re-verify the full credentials of every driver-partner on the Uber platform in Delhi. The Delhi government had banned Uber and similar app-based taxi aggregators after the alleged rape on Dec. 5, 2014, and later ordered these firms to operate under India's radio taxi rules ( PDF ). Then, Delhi's transport department amended its Radio Taxi Scheme to include so-called aggregators like Uber, but imposed certain conditions. These included: It's unclear whether Uber will abide by all these rules right away. But what is clear is that the company's disruptive business model has been disrupted in turn by Delhi regulators intent on maintaining their oversight of transportation in India's capital city.