PM-eBus Sewa Scheme:
The union cabinet recently approved the ‘PM-eBus Sewa’ scheme for augmenting city bus operations.
- Under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, 10,000 e-buses will be deployed across cities in the country.
- Under this scheme, city bus operations will be done on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
- This scheme will support bus operations for 10 years.
- States/Cities shall be responsible for running the bus services and making payments to the bus operators.
- The Central Government will support these bus operations by providing subsidy to the extent specified in the proposed scheme.
- It has been allocated a total funding of Rs 57,613 crore.
- Out of this financial provision, the central government will contribute Rs 20,000 crore, while the remaining portion will be covered by the state governments.
- The scheme will cover cities with 3 lakhs and above population and priority will be given to cities not having organised bus services.
- There are two segments of the scheme: Augmenting the city bus services and Green Urban Mobility initiatives.
