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Corrected - Uber aims at a mln rides a day in India, gets funds from Tata Group

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Last Updated : Aug 19 2015 | 5:57 PM IST

(Corrects to per day in headline, paragraph 3, 4)

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Taxi hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has received fresh investment from Tata Opportunities Fund, a private equity fund advised by India's Tata Capital, as it expands its business, the companies said.

The companies did not disclose the amount of investment but a source close to the matter said it was between $75 million and $100 million.

Uber is also planning to increase the number of rides in the country to more than a million per day in the next six to nine months, the company's India president, Amit Jain, told Reuters.

Industry sources said the company was averaging about 200,000 trips a day in India currently.

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(Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Mumbai; Editing by Anupama Dwivedi)

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First Published: Aug 19 2015 | 5:51 PM IST

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