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Maharashtra Election: MVA promises ₹3,000 to women, free bus travel, farm loan waiver & incentives
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Election: MVA promises ₹3,000 to women, free bus travel, farm loan waiver & incentives

Live Mint  

The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi – a coalition of the Congress, Sharad Pawar's NCP-SP and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena-UBT – has promised to waive farm loans of up to ₹3 lakh in Maharashtra if it wins power in the upcoming assembly elections. “Farm loans of up to ₹3 lakh to be waived off in Maharashtra under Krishi Samruddhi Yojana after …

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Karnataka proposes bus fare hike amid loss of Rs 295 crore from free travel scheme
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka proposes bus fare hike amid loss of Rs 295 crore from free travel scheme

Op India  

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is planning to propose a hike in the bus fare by up to 20%. This comes after Congress’s populist Shakti scheme under the “five guarantee” schemes, which offers free bus travel for women in Karnataka, resulted in an enormous loss of Rs 295 crore for the KSRTC over the last three months. We’ve incurred …

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Watch | Modi’s controversial take on free bus rides for women
7 months ago

Watch | Modi’s controversial take on free bus rides for women

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a recent television interview, said that some political parties were offering free bus travel for women in order to win elections. Women are offered free bus travel in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab and Telangana. He also criticised the Modi government for not releasing funds for phase 2 of Chennai metro rail. Taking examples from …

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Telangana: Ponnam Prabhakar lashes out at Modi for linking free bus travel to Metro ‘woes’
7 months ago

Telangana: Ponnam Prabhakar lashes out at Modi for linking free bus travel to Metro ‘woes’

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking free bus travel for women with the viability of Metro rail. The free bus travel was introduced to provide financial benefit to the women, the minister said. In an interview with a television channel, the prime minister had said that in order to win …

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Coming from RSS, Modi is anti-women, says Stalin
7 months ago

Coming from RSS, Modi is anti-women, says Stalin

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai:Given his retrograde right wing RSS background, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seemingly opposed to women’s progress, which was exemplified by his recent campaign against the State Government’s scheme providing free bus travel for women by falsely citing it as a reason for the ‘lowering’ of patronage for the Metro Rail, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday. Taking …

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BRS Forced To Agree Free Bus Travel for Women a Good Move
10 months, 2 weeks ago

BRS Forced To Agree Free Bus Travel for Women a Good Move

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The opposition BRS on Friday was forced to agree in the Assembly that the decision of the Congress government to provide free travel for women in TSRTC buses was a good idea and that it welcomed the move. Pushed into a corner on the issue during the discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address, BRS MLAs …

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Passengers hail Congress scheme, calls it a breather
1 year ago

Passengers hail Congress scheme, calls it a breather

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The inaugural day of Telangana's groundbreaking Maha Lakshmi free bus travel for women scheme was marked by excitement and anticipation. Amid the jubilation, bus conductors diligently made announcements, asking women passengers to bring their voter IDs or Aadhar cards from the following day. "Now since it's free, and I take the bus, this is a breather," she said. One …

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Bengaluru bandh | TNSTC suspends bus services from Nilgiris to Karnataka
1 year, 2 months ago

Bengaluru bandh | TNSTC suspends bus services from Nilgiris to Karnataka

The Hindu  

Seven TNSTC buses plying from the Nilgiris to Bengaluru and Mysuru stopped services temporarily on Tuesday, September 26 as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers. TNSTC officials stated that four of the seven buses ply to Mysuru while three travel to Bengaluru every day from the Nilgiris. “However, we have been in constant touch with the Nilgiris …

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Free bus travel for women in Karnataka from today, Shakti scheme launched
1 year, 6 months ago

Free bus travel for women in Karnataka from today, Shakti scheme launched

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Sunday launched the ‘Shakti Yojane,’ the scheme that provides free bus travel for women across Karnataka. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and deputy CM DK Shivakumar launched Shakti scheme on Sunday The travel in ordinary buses will be free for all women in Karnataka, starting from 1 pm on Sunday. All women across Karnataka can travel for free …

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Karnataka announces free bus travel for women up to 20 km inside border states
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka announces free bus travel for women up to 20 km inside border states

Firstpost  

The Chief Minister said he along with Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister will launch five guarantees at Vidhana Soudha at 11 AM. All women will be entitled to travel free of cost in all the buses other than AC and Volvo including express bus services Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah clarified on Saturday that women can travel up to 20 …

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Greenpeace asks Karnataka CM to make free bus travel for women effective, inclusive
1 year, 6 months ago

Greenpeace asks Karnataka CM to make free bus travel for women effective, inclusive

The Hindu  

Greenpeace India has written an open letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recommending making the Uchita Prayana Scheme more effective, efficient and inclusive. Its recommendations are — make free buses for women more accessible, safe and effective; increase the number of BMTC buses to 14,000; and establish 11 bus lanes in Bengaluru. Free public transport for women comes with several …

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The next TransPennine Express train could be a bus, rail passengers told
2 years, 3 months ago

The next TransPennine Express train could be a bus, rail passengers told

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Another train firm on the West Coast main line from Glasgow and Edinburgh to northwest England …

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Free bus travel for women on Raksha Bandhan in UP, Haryana | Details
2 years, 4 months ago

Free bus travel for women on Raksha Bandhan in UP, Haryana | Details

India TV News  

Highlights In UP, women can travel for free in buses between August 10 to August 12 UP govt will also provide free travel to women above 60 years of age in the government buses In Haryana, free bus travel was announced for women from 12 pm of August 11 to 12 am of August 11 Free bus travel has been …

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Tamil Nadu launches free bus travel for women’s empowerment
3 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu launches free bus travel for women’s empowerment

The Hindu  

After swearing in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on May 7, 2021, M.K. The State government has announced an annual subsidy grant of Rs.1,200 crore to State transport corporations, assuming that women contribute 40 per cent of the Rs.3,000-crore annual ticket revenue of city and town buses. The government has decided to allocate a subsidy of Rs.1,200 crore a year …

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