Lok Sabha Question No. 2598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Mass Rapid Transport Systems
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

NO. 2598.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2598

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 16, 2023

## MASS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM DR. BEESETTI  VENKATA  SATYAVATHI:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)    whether it is a fact that the share of public transport in the country is projected to decline;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c)     the details of buses per capita, State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (d)      the details of mass rapid transport systems in the country with its usage and capacity,  State-UT wise including Andhra Pradesh; and
- (e)     the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  public  transport infrastructure and usage across the country along with the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)  &  (b)  Government  of  India  is  committed  to  promote  and  increase share of public transport in India. In order to achieve that, it has notified National Urban  Transport  Policy  2006  to  facilitate states /  Union Territories  /  Cities  /Urban  Local  Bodies  to  promote  and  improve  public transport across cities in India. It has further issued Metro Rail Policy, 2017 to implement metro rails as part of public transportation comprehensively.  Other  scheme  and  policies  like  'Urban  Planning  & Capacity  Building  scheme'  and  National  transit  Oriented  Development (TOD) policy are issued in order to facilitate seamless public transportation.

As per Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) Profile and Performance 2019-20 and Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU) Handbook on Fleet Held by SRTUs - 2022, share of public transport is showing increasing trend in financial year 2021-22 with respect to 2019-20.

- (c)  The  details  of  buses  per  capita,  State  /UT-wise  including  Andhra Pradesh is placed at Annexure.

(d): At present, about 845 km of metro rail network is operational in the country in 20 cities. The details of operational metro rail network, city and State-wise, are given as below:

| Sr No   | State/UT                                                          | Cities Covered                                                        |   Approx.Operat ional Length (in Kms) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (covered by network of Delhi Metro) | Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Bahadurgarh, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Gurugram |                                349.6  |
| 2.      | Haryana                                                           | Gurugram                                                              |                                 11.7  |
| 3.      | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | Noida, Greater Noida                                                  |                                 29.7  |
| 4. 5.   | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | Lucknow                                                               |                                 22.8  |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                                                     | Kanpur                                                                |                                  9    |
| 6.      | Karnataka                                                         | Bangalore                                                             |                                 56.1  |
| 7.      | Telangana                                                         | Hyderabad                                                             |                                 69    |
| 8.      | West Bengal                                                       | Kolkata                                                               |                                 47.33 |
| 9.      | Tamil Nadu                                                        | Chennai                                                               |                                 54.1  |
| 10.     | Rajasthan                                                         | Jaipur                                                                |                                 11.64 |
| 11.     | Kerala                                                            | Kochi                                                                 |                                 27.2  |
| 12.     | Maharashtra                                                       | Mumbai                                                                |                                 66    |
| 13.     | Maharashtra                                                       | Pune                                                                  |                                 12    |
| 14.     | Maharashtra                                                       | Nagpur                                                                |                                 40    |
| 15.     | Gujarat                                                           | Ahmedabad                                                             |                                 38.57 |

The cumulative daily ridership in the metros is about 85 Lakhs.

No metro rail project is under construction in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

...3/-

(e):    The  initiatives  for  planning,  monitoring  and  management  of  urban transport system including assessment of public transport with reference to  number  of  buses  per  capita  and  the  need  of  promotion  of  different modes of public transport, are taken up by the State Governments/Union Territories/Urban  Local  Bodies.    Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs, however,  have  taken  several  steps  to  promote  and  improve  public transport system through various Policy frameworks/advisories/ Programmes/Scheme notified by the Ministry from time to time to help cities/ULBs/States/UTs  to  identify  principles  and  strategies  for  better planning  and  implementation  of  the  concepts  in  the  area  of  urban transport.  These include:

- (i) Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs have notified National Urban Transport Policy 2006, various guidance documents and advisories  to  facilitate  States/UTs/Cities/ULBs  to  promote  and improve  public  transport  system  in  Indian  cities  across  the country;
- (ii) Under the 'Urban Transport Planning & Capacity Building Scheme',  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  provides  central financial assistance up to 80% for taking up Traffic and Transportation Studies, feasibility studies, Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP), preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR);
- (iii)
- Metro Rail Policy, 2017 was issued in August 2017, which focuses on systematic planning and implementation of metro rail system in more  comprehensive  and  sustainable  manner.  The  policy  is  a guide to State Governments desirous of availing Central Financial Assistance for  preparing  comprehensive  proposals  for  metro  rail projects;
- (iv) Under Bus Funding Scheme, 20,300 new buses were procured by 157 Cities of various States/UTs including 769  buses by Andhra Pradesh, for this purpose;
- (v) National Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy was issued on 01.05.2017. This policy is a guiding document for all States / Union Territories UTs to promote planned and sustainable urban centres with high density, mixed land-use within an influence zone of 500-
- 800 meters of mass transit stations.

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## Annexure

| S no.              | State/ UT                                       | Population (as per Census 2011)   | Total Bus fleet   | Bus capita   |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) 84,580,777 | 199800                            |                   | 0.002362     |
| 2 Arunachal        | Pradesh 1,383,727                               |                                   | 9349              | 0.006756     |
| 3                  | Assam                                           | 31,205,576                        | 25714             | 0.000824     |
| 4 Bihar            | Chhattisgarh                                    | 104,099,452 25,545,198            | 39618 79214       | 0.000381     |
| 5                  |                                                 |                                   |                   | 0.003101     |
| 6 Goa              | 1,458,545                                       |                                   | 12411             | 0.008509     |
| 7                  | Gujarat                                         | 60,439,692                        | 86156             | 0.001425     |
| 8 Haryana          |                                                 | 25,351,462                        | 62594             | 0.002469     |
| 9 Himachal         | Pradesh                                         | 6,864,602                         | 14622             | 0.00213      |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir | 12,541,302                                      |                                   | 66718             | 0.00532      |
| 11 Jharkhand       | 32,988,134                                      |                                   | 10432             | 0.000316     |
| 12 Karnataka       |                                                 | 61,095,297                        | 244864            | 0.004008     |
| 13 Kerala          | 33,406,061                                      |                                   | 130687            | 0.003912     |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh  | 72,626,809                                      |                                   | 213643            | 0.002942     |
| 15 Maharashtra     |                                                 | 112,374,333                       | 179794            | 0.0016       |
| 16 Manipur         | 2,855,794                                       |                                   | 2879              | 0.001008     |
| 17 Meghalaya       |                                                 | 2,966,889                         | 5921              | 0.001996     |
| 18 Mizoram         | 1,097,206                                       |                                   | 726               | 0.000662     |
| 19 Nagaland        | 1,978,502                                       |                                   | 7081              | 0.003579     |
| 20 Orissa          |                                                 | 41,974,218                        | 35131             | 0.000837     |
| 21 Punjab          | 27,743,338                                      |                                   | 49271             | 0.001776     |
| 22 Rajasthan       |                                                 | 68,548,437                        | 118301            | 0.001726     |
| 23 Sikkim          | 610,577                                         |                                   | 363               | 0.000595     |
| 24 Tamil Nadu      | 72,147,030                                      |                                   | 221705            | 0.003073     |
| 25 Tripura         |                                                 | 3,673,917                         | 3074              | 0.000837     |
| 26 Uttarakhand     |                                                 | 10,086,292                        | 16643             | 0.00165      |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh   | 199,812,341                                     |                                   | 121975            | 0.00061      |
| 28 West Bengal     |                                                 | 91,276,115                        | 46964             | 0.000515     |
| 39 Andaman &       | Nicobar 380,581                                 |                                   | 1119              | 0.00294      |
| 30 Chandigarh      | 1,055,450                                       |                                   | 799               | 0.000757     |
| 31 D&N             | Haveli                                          | 343,709                           | 95                | 0.000276     |
| 32                 | Daman & Diu                                     | 243,247                           | -                 | -            |
| 33 Delhi           |                                                 | 16,787,941                        | 32233             | 0.00192      |
| 34                 | Lakshadweep                                     | 64,473                            | 39                | 0.000605     |
| 35                 | Puducherry                                      | 1,247,953                         | 8910              | 0.00714      |

(a) Source: Bus per capita calculations are based on data from ROAD TRANSPORT YEAR BOOK (2017 - 2018 & 2018 - 2019) published by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Population size as per Census 2011