Parliament Question: Implementation of PM eBus Sewa Payment Security Mechanism Scheme

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4004 ANSWERED ON 17.03.2026 IMPLEMENTATION OF PM eBUS SEWA PAYMENT SECURITY MECHANISM SCHEME †4004. SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:

SHRI JASWANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

(a) the details regarding progress in the implementation of the PM e-Bus Sewa Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) Scheme;

(b) the details regarding number of buses approved/sanctioned/provided to all States, State & UT-wise including Gujarat and Telangana and NCTs of Delhi along with district-wise distribution under the said scheme since its inception;

(c) the total amount of financial assistance allocated under PM e-Sewa for procurement of electric buses to each State including the amount committed and released, State-wise;

(d) the details regarding timeframe for the delivery and commencement of operations of sanctioned buses along with the time duration of operational support;

(e) whether there is any proposal to expand green public transport in tribal districts including Dahod; and

(f) the manner in which the financial stability of State Transport Undertakings is being ensured under the Payment Security Mechanism? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

(a) & (b): PM e-Bus Sewa–PSM Scheme was notified on 28.10.2024. The details of

implementation progress is as below: i. Scheme guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) have been published. ii. 19 States/UTs have submitted the Direct Debit Mandate (DDM) to Reserve Bank of India as on 12.03.2026.

iii. As on 28.02.2026, Tender for 6,228 number of buses were concluded under PM-eBus Sewa Scheme of MoHUA. Letter of Award for 4720 buses have been issued by Public Transport Authorities (PTA). iv. Tender for 10,900 buses under PM E-DRIVE scheme are concluded and tender for 2,900 buses is under progress.

v. Rs. 500 crore has been disbursed to CESL in the first tranche to set up the PSM Fund in FY 2025-26. vi. List of sanctioned buses under PM e-Bus Sewa scheme and PM e-Drive scheme is provided in the Annexure 1.-2-

(c): 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 are

provided in Annexure-2.

(d): The timeline for deployment varies from tender to tender. However, typically the deployment timeline for buses is considered to be two (2) years from the date of signing of the Concession Agreement between the PTA and the OEM. The PSM Scheme provides payment security coverage for a period of up to 12 years for each bus deployed under the Scheme.

(e): There is no provision under the Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) scheme for expanding green public transport in tribal districts, including Dahod.

(f): The scheme provides the State with a 90-day window to repay the disbursed amount along with applicable Late Payment Surcharge (LPS), thereby reinforcing financial stability for the State Transport Undertaking under the Payment Security Mechanism.

*********Annexure-1 S.No State Cities Sanctioned Buses Surat 600 Gujarat 1 Ahemdabad 1,200 2 Karnataka Bengaluru 4,500 Mumbai 1,500 3 Maharashtra Pune 1,000 4 Telangana Hyderabad 2,200 5 Delhi Delhi 2,800 A Total (PM E-DRIVE) 13,800 S.No. State Cities Sanctioned Buses 1 Amaravati 50 2 Anantapur 50 3 Guntur 100 4 Kadapa 50 5 Kakinada 50 6 Andhra Pradesh Kurnool 50 7 Nellore 100 8 Rajahmundry 50 9 Tirupati 350 10 Vijayawada 100 11 Visakhapatnam 100 12 Bhavnagar 100 13 Gandhidham 50 14 Navsari 50 15 Gujarat Gandhinagar 100 16 Jamnagar 50 17 Junagadh 50 18 Rajkot 100 19 Vadodara 250 20 Bhopal 195 21 Indore 270 22 Jabalpur 200 23 Sagar 32 Madhya Pradesh 24 Gwalior 100 25 satna 20 26 Dewas 55 27 Ujjain 100 28 Ahilyanagar 40 29 Akola 50 30 Amravati 50 31 Chatrapati Sambhajinagar 100 32 Bhiwandi 100 33 Chandrapur 50 34 Dhule 28 35 Ichalkaranji 25 36 Maharashtra Jalgaon 50 37 Kalyan Dombivli 100 38 Kolhapur 100 39 Latur 50 40 Mira Bhainder 100 41 Nagpur 150 42 Nashik 100 43 Sangli 50 44 Solapur 10045 Thane 100 46 Ulhasnagar 100 47 Vasai Virar City 100 48 Malegaon 26 49 Prabhani 40 50 Meghalaya Shillong 55 51 Sambalpur 50 52 Berhampur 50 53 Odisha Bhubaneswar 100 54 Rourkela 100 55 Cuttack 100 56 Puducherry Puducherry 75 57 Ajmer 100 58 Alwar 100 59 Bhilwara 50 60 Bikaner 125 61 Rajasthan Jaipur 450 62 Jodhpur 125 63 Kota 100 64 Udaipur 50 65 Sikhar 50 66 Dehradun 100 Uttrakhand 67 Haridwar 37 68 Assam Guwahati 100 69 Chandigarh Chandigarh 428 70 Gurugram 100 71 Faridabad 100 72 Hisar 50 73 Karnal 50 74 Panipat 50 75 Rohtak 50 76 Haryana Yamuna Nagar 50 77 Bhagalpur 50 78 Darbhanga 50 79 Gaya 50 Bihar 80 Muzzafarpur 50 81 Patna 150 82 Purnea 50 83 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 50 84 Goa Panaji 50 85 Shimla 25 Himachal Pradesh 86 Dharmsala 25 87 Durg 50 88 Raipur 100 Chattisgarh 89 korba 40 90 Bilaspur 50 91 Belgagavi 100 92 Bellary 50 93 Davanagere 50 94 Dharwad 100 95 kalaburagi 100 karnataka 96 Mangaluru 100 97 Mysuru 100 98 Shimoga 50 99 Tumakuru 50 100 Vijayapura 50 101 Punjab Amritsar 100102 Ludhiana 100 103 Patiala 50 104 Jalandhar 97 Sahibzada Ajit Singh 105 100 Nagar 106 Kerela Kerala 293 107 Nizamabad 51 Telangana 108 Warangal 100 109 Manipur Imphal 50 110 Andaman & Nicobar Andaman & Nicobar 45 111 Srinagar 100 Jammu & Kashmir 112 Jammu 100 113 Ladakh Ladakh 48 Dadra & nagar haveli,Daman & Dadra & nagar 114 50 DIU haveli,Daman & DIU B Total (PM-eBus Sewa) 10,000 C Total Scheme Buses (A+B) 23,800 Annexure- 2 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 1254.38 398.4 85.29 483.7