Lok Sabha Question No. 769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Promotion of Public Transport Usage
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Aditya Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 769 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 24, 2025

## PROMOTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT USAGE

## NO. 769.     SHRI ADITYA YADAV:

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

- (a)   whether the Government concurs with the view that the country has a much bigger opportunity in its sizable share of walking, cycling and public transport trips and high density mixed-use urban forms to avert the energy crisis;
- (b)   if  so,  the  details  thereof and the steps proposed to be taken by the Government keeping in view the fact that most of the country's citizens still  walk,  cycle  or  use  public  transport  and  almost seventy-one per cent of the work trips are by walking, cycling and multi-modal public transport systems; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to  (c)  :  Urban  planning  is  a  State  subject.  The  respective  State Governments are responsible for planning, management, development, execution and  maintenance  of  Urban  Transport system  including walking, cycling and public transport. Government of India issues policy guidelines for systematic development of urban transport infrastructure and  also  provides  financial  support  to  such  infrastructure  projects through  various  schemes  /  projects.  Some  of  the  initiatives  taken  by
- Central Government are listed as below:
- i. National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006: This policy marked a shift in focus from "moving  vehicles" to  "moving  people"  and emphasizes the importance of public transport, non-motorized transport  (NMT  -  walking  and  cycling),  and  integrated  land-use  and transport planning.
- ii. National Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Policy, 2017: This policy -density, mixed-use development around transit corridors  and  stations  to  maximize  the  use  of  public  transport  and reduce reliance on private vehicles.

- iii. Government of India has issued Metro Rail Policy, 2017 for systematic planning of public transport projects including Metro Rails in order to achieve sustainable mobility. Since May, 2014, about 788 kms of metro rail  lines  have  been  commissioned  in  24  cities  across  the  country. Further, 35 metro rail projects with total length of 1005 kms at the estimated completion cost of Rs 3,27,487.30 Cr have been approved since May, 2014. Also, an amount of Rs 1,88,197.78 crores have been released to various Metro Rail/ RRTS projects by the Government of India since May, 2014.
- iv. PM-eBus Sewa Scheme has been approved by Government of India in August, 2023 which aims to augment city bus operations in urban areas with Central Assistance (CA) of Rs. 20,000 crores for deploying 10,000 electric buses under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
- v. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT): This mission supports urban infrastructure development, including projects related to public transport and NMT.
- vi. Emphasis  on  Public  Bike  Sharing  (PBS)  Systems:  Many  cities  have piloted PBS systems to facilitate first and last-mile connectivity for public transport.

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