PM scheme for e-buses will consider population for allocation
The HinduThe 10,000 electric buses under the PM e-bus Sewa scheme, which would hit the ground in the next five to six months, would carry a uniform branding provided by the Centre and would be allocated based on the population of a particular city. In guidelines on the implementation of the scheme issued to States on August 28, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation said the 169 eligible cities would be categorised into four groups based on whether their population was between 15-20 lakh, 10-15 lakh, 5-10 lakh or less than 5 lakh. The guidelines also included the list of 169 eligible cities and asked States and Union Territories to submit their proposals by September 30 for the scheme which would be rolled out on a Public-Private Partnership mode. Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the media on Thursday that the government would soon procure air conditioned buses for the scheme.
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