Ministry of Heavy Industries
IMPLEMENTATION OF E-BUSES SCHEME
Posted On:
06 DEC 2024 5:39PM by PIB Delhi
The following two schemes have been notified by the Ministry of Heavy Industries to promote deployment of e-buses :
- PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme: This scheme notified on 29.09.2024, aims to incentivise sale of e-2W, e-3W, e-Trucks, e-Ambulances, e-buses and other new emerging EV categories. The total outlay under the scheme is Rs. 10,900 crores with Rs. 4,391 crores allocated for supporting deployment of 14,028 e-buses. Support for e-buses will be provided only on operational model (OPEX)/ Gross Cost Contract (GCC) and will be delivered through State/ city transport undertakings/ corporations (STUs).
- PM e-Bus Sewa-Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) Scheme: This Scheme notified on 28.10.2024, has an outlay of Rs. 3,435.33 crore and aims to support deployment of more than 38,000 electric buses. The objective of scheme is to provide payment security to e-bus operators in case of default by Public Transport Authorities (PTAs).
There is no State/UT wise budget allocation under the above schemes.
iii. PM-eBus Sewa Scheme – This scheme has been launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for augmenting city bus operation by deployment of 10,000 e-buses on PPP model. Under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, 100% Central Assistance (CA) is provided for development of Behind-The-Meter power infrastructure and for Civil Depot Infrastructure, 60% CA is provided to cities of States, 90% to capital cities of Hilly States/North-East States/UTs with legislature and 100% to capital cities of UTs without legislature.
Apart from that, CA for operation of e-buses is provided on per kilometre (km) basis for 10 years or March, 2037 whichever is earlier. Operation support of Rs. 24, 22, 20 per km is provided for standard (12m), midi (9m) and mini (7m) buses respectively.
Details of funds sanctioned and released to States/UTs under PM-eBus Sewa Scheme is as under:
|
Sr. No
|
State
|
Amount Sanctioned
(in Rs. Crore)
|
Amount Released
(in Rs. Crore)
|
|
1
|
Bihar
|
112.46
|
87.55
|
|
2
|
Chandigarh
|
11.87
|
11.87
|
|
3
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
42.37
|
-
|
|
4
|
Gujarat
|
69.02
|
9.06
|
|
5
|
Haryana
|
22.13
|
-
|
|
6
|
Ladakh
|
0.00
|
-
|
|
7
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
57.12
|
-
|
|
8
|
Assam
|
16.65
|
6.47
|
|
9
|
Chhattisgarh
|
52.75
|
30.19
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
347.94
|
200.18
|
|
11
|
Meghalaya
|
12.98
|
-
|
|
12
|
Odisha
|
81.96
|
47.72
|
|
13
|
Puducherry
|
0.00
|
-
|
|
14
|
Punjab
|
45.12
|
-
|
|
15
|
Rajasthan
|
84.00
|
44.46
|
|
16
|
Uttarakhand
|
27.38
|
-
|
|
|
Total
|
983.75
|
437.5
|
This information was given by the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, Shri H.D. kumaraswamy in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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