PM-eBus Sewa

Recently, the Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, has approved a bus scheme “PM-eBus Sewa” for augmenting city bus operation by 10,000 e-buses on the PPP model.

Key Highlights Of The Scheme:

• Objective: The scheme aims to introduce 10,000 electric buses (e-buses) in city bus services across India and enhance urban infrastructure for green mobility.
• Cost and Support of the Scheme: The Scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57,613 crore, out of which support of Rs.20,000 crore will be provided by the Central government.
• Duration: The Scheme will support bus operations for 10 years.
• Reaching the Unreached:
  • The scheme will cover cities of three lakh and above population as per census 2011.
  • It will include 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.
• Employment Generation: The scheme will generate 45,000 to 55,000 direct jobs through deployment of around 10,000 buses in the city bus operation.
• The Scheme has two segments:
  1. Segment A– Augmenting the City bus services:(169 cities)
     • The approved bus scheme will augment city bus operations with 10,000 e-buses on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
  2. Segment B– Green Urban Mobility Initiatives (GUMI): (181 cities)
     • The scheme envisages green initiatives like bus priority, infrastructure, multimodal interchange facilities, NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) based Automated Fare Collection Systems, Charging infrastructure, etc

Support For Operation:

• Under the scheme, 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.

Boost to E-Mobility:

• The scheme will promote e-mobility and provide full support for behind-the-meter power infrastructure.
• Cities will also be supported for the development of charging infrastructure under Green Urban Mobility Initiatives.