The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a bus scheme “PM- eBus Sewa” for augmenting city bus operation by 10,000 e-buses on the PPP model. The Scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57,613 crore, out of which support of Rs.20,000 crore will be provided as Central assistance..
The Scheme will support bus operations for 10 years and will cover cities of three lakh and above
population as per the census 2011 including all the Capital cities of Union Territories, North Eastern
Region and Hill States. Under this scheme, priority will be given to cities having no organized bus
service.
The scheme will generate 45,000 to 55,000 direct jobs through the deployment of around 10,000
buses.
