Uber set to make driver background checks in India more stringent

Taxi firm Uber has said that it will exercise more strictness when checking the background of drivers in India.

According to Tech Crunch, four weeks after a female passenger was raped by a driver who had previously been convicted of sexual assault, the US company announced it is working with screening specialist First Advantage after a pilot period and "extensive testing" of "multiple" alternatives.

The taxi company said in a statement that its arrangement with First Advantage brings in additional layers of screening over and above the standard transport licencing process including address verification, a local criminal court search, and a national criminal database search.

After a six-week ban on its services in the wake of the rape incident, Uber finally resumed business in New Delhi in January.