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  • Tue. Dec 10th, 2024
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The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister recently said that the Ministry has floated tenders for procuring buses under the PM-eBus Sewa scheme.

About PM-eBus Sewa Scheme:

  • Under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, 10,000 e-buses will be deployed across cities in the country.
  • The scheme was introduced to give a push to the slow adoption of e-buses in public transport.
  • Support for Operation:
    • 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 subsidies to the extent specified in the proposed scheme.
  • Funding:
    • 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.
  • Coverage: It will cover cities with a population of 300,000 and above and will include all the capital cities of the ‘Union Territories, North Eastern Region, and Hill States’.
  • There are two segments of the scheme: Augmenting the city bus services and Associated Infrastructure, and Green Urban Mobility initiatives.
    • Augmenting the city bus services and Associated Infrastructure: Under this segment, the scheme will augment city electric bus operations by extending Central Assistance (CA) for 10,000 electric bus operation on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, bus depots and behind-the-meter power infrastructure.
    • Green Urban Mobility Initiatives (GUMI): Under this segment, the scheme will support the implementation of GUMI projects for complementing bus services and demonstrating a reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in urban areas.
      • The segment will include support for implementing the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)-based Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS), bus priority infrastructure, etc.

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