Parliament Question: e-Bus Service

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2960 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026 e-BUS SERVICE †2960. SHRI ASHISH DUBEY: Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state: (a) the manner in which the Prime Minister e-Bus Service model strengthen urban mobility in Tier-II and Tier-III cities; (b) the amount of funds approved and the amount of funds spent under the scheme upto December 2025; (c) the total number of e-buses approved under the scheme; (d) the number of e-buses that have been made operational under the scheme till December 2025; (e) the estimated number of employment opportunities likely to be generated under this scheme; and (f) the amount of funds approved and utilized, the total number of e-buses approved and the number of e-buses made operational under the scheme upto December 2025 for the Jabalpur Lok Sabha Constituency? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA) (a): PM-eBus Sewa Scheme being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), aims to strengthen urban transport system by deployment of 10,000 air-conditioned electric buses to urban cities with population size of 3 - 40 lakhs including cluster of small adjoining statutory towns, State capitals and capital cities of North Eastern and Hilly Regions having population less than 3 lakhs. The Scheme enables about 30% of the participating cities to deploy organized public transport system and about 80% of the participating cities to transition towards e-mobility for the first time. There is an overwhelming response to the Scheme as support for associated infrastructure is also provided, including 100% financial support for Behind-the-Meter (BTM) power infrastructure for deployment of e-Buses under the Scheme. More than 200 infrastructure proposals have been sanctioned (both civil depot and power infrastructure) along with the demand of 10,000 e-buses. So far, more than 500 circuit kms of High Tension (HT) line infrastructure and depot construction on more than 300 acres of land has been sanctioned for deployment of electric buses. (b): The total amount sanctioned and spent for the infrastructure proposals (Behind-the-Meter power infrastructure and Civil Depot Infrastructure) till December 2025 is Rs 1254.38 crore and Rs. 483.70 crore respectively under the Scheme. The details of the state-wise amount sanctioned and spent are attached in Annexure-I. (c): 10,000 buses under the Scheme have been sanctioned across 116 cities in 20 States and 6 UTs. The details of the state-wise buses sanctioned is attached as Annexure-II.-2- (d): No buses operationalised under the Scheme till December 2025. However, so far, 225 buses commissioned for operation by four cities namely Guwahati (100), Nagpur (50), Bhavnagar (50), and Chandigarh (25). (e): The data management system of MoHUA does not maintain the number of jobs created as operation of buses and depot construction projects are implemented by respective cities. However, employment generation potential is estimated to be in the range of 45,000 to 55,000 direct jobs during tenure of the Scheme. (f): A total amount of ₹10.48 crore has been sanctioned for Behind-the-Meter (BTM) power and civil depot infrastructure works. Out of this, a mother sanction of ₹8.40 crore was issued. A total of 200 e-buses has been sanctioned for the Jabalpur city and the Concession Agreement has been signed dated 12.02.2026. No buses are operational so far. The details of funds sanctioned and issued are provided in Annexure-III. *******ANNEXURE-I Details of the total Amount Sanctioned and Spent under the PM-eBus Sewa Amount sanctioned (Rs. in Cr.) Amount Spent (Rs. in Cr.) # State/UT BTM Civil Total BTM Civil Total 1 Andhra Pradesh 30.18 65.41 95.59 0 0 0 2 Assam 3.84 12.81 16.65 3.33 7.52 10.85 3 Bihar 79.25 33.21 112.46 79.25 8.3 87.55 4 Chandigarh 11.87 0.00 11.87 11.87 0 11.87 5 Chhattisgarh 30.36 20.19 50.55 25.09 6.07 31.16 6 Gujarat 35.69 40.61 76.30 19.88 9.06 28.94 7 Haryana 13.44 8.69 22.13 0 0 0 Jammu and 8 14.28 28.09 42.37 0 0 0 Kashmir 9 Madhya Pradesh 55.01 36.39 91.40 1.32 0 1.32 10 Maharashtra 228.21 142.28 370.49 167.65 32.53 200.18 11 Meghalaya 8.95 9.00 17.95 0 0 0 12 Odisha 54.11 34.05 88.16 39.91 7.96 47.87 13 Puducherry 8.15 0.00 8.15 0 0 0 14 Punjab 22.90 20.87 43.77 14.27 5.23 19.5 15 Rajasthan 60.08 42.03 102.11 35.84 8.62 44.46 16 Uttarakhand 12.02 15.36 27.38 0 0 0 17 Karnataka 37.82 39.23 77.05 0 0 0 Total 706.16 548.22 1254.38 398.40 85.29 483.70ANNEXURE-II Details of the number of e-buses sanctioned under PM-eBus Sewa Scheme State/ UT Cities Buses Assam 1 100 Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) 1 45 Andhra Pradesh 11 1050 Arunachal Pradesh 1 50 Bihar 6 400 Chhattisgarh 4 240 Gujarat 8 750 Goa 1 50 Haryana 7 450 Himachal Pradesh 2 50 Karnataka 10 750 Kerala 3 293 Madhya Pradesh 8 972 Maharashtra 22 1609 Manipur 1 50 Meghalaya 1 55 Odisha 5 400 Punjab 5 447 Rajasthan 9 1150 Uttarakhand 2 137 Telangana 2 151 Chandigarh (UT) 1 428 Jammu & Kashmir (UT) 2 200 Ladakh (UT) 1 48 Puducherry (UT) 1 75 Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu (UT) 1 50 20 States and 6 UTs 116 10,000 ANNEXURE-III In ₹ Cr. Sanctioned Amount Mother Sanction Issued City BTM Civil Total BTM Civil Total Jabalpur 6.30 4.18 10.48 6.30 2.10 8.40