Lok Sabha Question No. 799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Public Transport
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 799 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 07, 2023 PUBLIC TRANSPORT

## NO. 799. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

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

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

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): 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 'PM-eBusSewa' and National  transit  Oriented  Development  (TOD)  policy  are  issued  from time  to  time  in  order  to  facilitate  improved  and  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 202122 with respect to 2019-20.

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

(c): At present, about 905 km of metro rail network is operational including 17 km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail Transit System 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. Operational Length (in Kms)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1. Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (covered by network of Delhi Metro) | Delhi,                    |                                       |
| 2.                                                                   | Bahadurgarh               |                                       |
| 3.                                                                   | Ballabgarh                |                                       |
| 4.                                                                   | Faridabad                 | 393.417                               |
| 5.                                                                   | Ghaziabad,                |                                       |
| 6.                                                                   | Greater Noida             |                                       |
| 7.                                                                   | Gurugram                  |                                       |
| 8.                                                                   | Noida                     |                                       |
| 9. Gujarat                                                           | Ahmedabad                 | 38.6                                  |
| 10. Karnataka                                                        | Bangalore                 | 73.81                                 |
| 11. Kerala                                                           | Kochi                     | 27.28                                 |
| 12.                                                                  | Mumbai                    | 77.1                                  |
| Maharashtra 13.                                                      | Pune                      | 23.61                                 |
| 14.                                                                  | Nagpur                    | 40.022                                |
| 15. Rajasthan                                                        | Jaipur                    | 12.1                                  |
| 16. Tamil Nadu                                                       | Chennai                   | 54.245                                |
| 17. Telangana                                                        | Hyderabad                 | 69                                    |
| 18. Uttar Pradesh                                                    | Lucknow                   | 22.878                                |
| 19.                                                                  | Kanpur                    | 8.728                                 |
| 20. West Bengal                                                      | Kolkata                   | 47.63                                 |

The cumulative daily ridership in the metros is about one crore.

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

(d):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) 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;

- (iii) 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.
- (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;
- PM-eBusSewa Scheme has been launched on 16th August 2023 with the aim to augment bus operations along with support for development  of  associated  infrastructure  in  urban  areas  with central  assistance  of  ₹  20,000  crore.    169  cities  falling  in  the range of 3 lakh to 40 lakh population size, as per census 2011, including 11 cities of Andhra Pradesh are eligible to participate
- (v) in this Scheme.

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Annexure (b):    the  details  of  the  number  of  buses  per  capita,  State/UT-wise

## including Andhra Pradesh;

|   S no. | State/ UT                            | Population (as per Census 2011)   | Total Bus fleet   |   Bus per capita |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) | 84,580,777                        | 2,13,604          |         0.002525 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 1,383,727                         | 9,349             |         0.006756 |
|       3 | Assam                                | 31,205,576                        | 24,998            |         9.6e-05  |
|       4 | Bihar                                | 104,099,452                       | 43,875            |         0.000421 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh                         | 25,545,198                        | 81,783            |         0.003201 |
|       6 | Goa                                  | 1,458,545                         | 12,641            |         0.008666 |
|       7 | Gujarat                              | 60,439,692                        | 92,533            |         0.00153  |
|       8 | Haryana                              | 25,351,462                        | 62,594            |         0.002469 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh                     | 6,864,602                         | 11,511            |         0.001676 |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 12,541,302                        | 74,974            |         0.005978 |
|      11 | Jharkhand                            | 32,988,134                        | 12,839            |         0.000389 |
|      12 | Karnataka                            | 61,095,297                        | 2,79,211          |         0.00457  |
|      13 | Kerala                               | 33,406,061                        | 1,35,579          |         0.004058 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh                       | 72,626,809                        | 2,17,343          |         0.002992 |
|      15 | Maharashtra                          | 112,374,333                       | 1,92,095          |         0.001709 |
|      16 | Manipur                              | 2,855,794                         | 2,879             |         0.001008 |

|   17 | Meghalaya               | 2,966,889   | 5,921    | 0.001995   |
|------|-------------------------|-------------|----------|------------|
|   18 | Mizoram                 | 1,097,206   | 763      | 0.000695   |
|   19 | Nagaland                | 1,978,502   | 7,818    | 0.003951   |
|   20 | Orissa                  | 41,974,218  | 37,071   | 0.000883   |
|   21 | Punjab                  | 27,743,338  | 52,612   | 0.001896   |
|   22 | Rajasthan               | 68,548,437  | 1,24,070 | 0.001809   |
|   23 | Sikkim                  | 610,577     | 363      | 0.000594   |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu              | 72,147,030  | 2,33,280 | 0.003233   |
|   25 | Tripura                 | 3,673,917   | 2,967    | 0.000807   |
|   26 | Uttarakhand             | 10,086,292  | 18,527   | 0.000183   |
|   27 | Uttar Pradesh           | 199,812,341 | 1,43,682 | 0.000719   |
|   28 | West Bengal             | 91,276,115  | 53,238   | 0.000583   |
|   39 | Andaman Nicobar Islands | 380,581     | 1,756    | 0.004613   |
|   30 | Chandigarh              | 1,055,450   | 2,965    | 0.002809   |
|   31 | D&N Haveli              | 343,709     | 733      | 0.002132   |
|   32 | Daman & Diu             | 243,247     | -        | -          |
|   33 | Delhi                   | 16,787,941  | 33,313   | 0.001984   |
|   34 | Lakshadweep             | 64,473      | 39       | 0.000604   |
|   35 | Puducherry              | 1,247,953   | 9,342    | 0.007485   |

Source:Bus  per  capita  calculations  are  based  on  data  from  ROAD TRANSPORT YEAR BOOK (2019-2020)  published  by  Ministry  of  Road Transport & Highways and the population size as per Census 2011

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