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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