Lok Sabha Question No. 3958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: National Electric Bus Programme
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Dr. T Sumathy Alias Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3958

ANSWERED ON 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## NATIONAL ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAMME

3958. DR. T SUMATHY ALIAS THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Convergence  Energy  Services  Limited  (CESL)  has been mandated by the NITI Aayog and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to deploy 50,000 electric vehicles under a  National Electric Bus Programme (NEBP);
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the distribution of Electric buses in the country, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  allocated  any  financial assistance  to  the  world's  largest  public  sector  bus  operator  i.e. Tamil  Nadu  State  Transport  Corporation  (TNSTC)  which  operate 20,258 diesel buses and ferry 18 million commuters everyday; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the financial assistance provided in the last five years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) NITI Aayog vide letter dated 13.05.2022 has requested Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) to perform the role of a program manager for demand aggregation of 50,000 E-buses.

(b) State-wise details of electric buses as per VAHAN portal, as on 16.12.2024, are provided in the Annexure.

(c)  and  (d)  Government  of  India  has  introduced  a  number  of schemes such as 'PM-eBus Sewa' and 'PM E-DRIVE' which extend financial assistance for electric vehicles. State Transport Corporations may send proposals to the concerned departments for assistance. No fund has been allocated as financial assistance to Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation in the last five years.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3958 ANSWERED ON 19 th  DECEMBER, 2024 ASKED BY DR. T SUMATHY ALIAS THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN REGARDING NATIONAL ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAMME.

| State/ UT                 | Pure Electric Buses   | Strong Hybrid Electric Buses   | Grand Total   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 40                    | -                              | 40            |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 140                   | 37                             | 177           |
| Assam                     | 233                   | -                              | 233           |
| Bihar                     | 27                    | 3                              | 30            |
| Chandigarh                | 81                    | -                              | 81            |
| Chhattisgarh              | 4                     | 73                             | 77            |
| Delhi                     | 2,564                 | -                              | 2,564         |
| Goa                       | 153                   | -                              | 153           |
| Gujarat                   | 896                   | 2                              | 898           |
| Haryana                   | 28                    | 4                              | 32            |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 123                   | -                              | 123           |
| Jammu and Kashmir         | 243                   | -                              | 243           |
| Jharkhand                 | 7                     | 17                             | 24            |
| Karnataka                 | 1,487                 | 202                            | 1,689         |
| Kerala                    | 205                   | -                              | 205           |
| Ladakh                    | 19                    | -                              | 19            |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 164                   | 46                             | 210           |
| Maharashtra               | 2,496                 | 9                              | 2,505         |

| Manipur          | 1      | -   | 1      |
|------------------|--------|-----|--------|
| Mizoram          | 1      | -   | 1      |
| Odisha           | 178    | 35  | 213    |
| Puducherry       | 22     | -   | 22     |
| Punjab           | 17     | 2   | 19     |
| Rajasthan        | 19     | 8   | 27     |
| Sikkim           | -      | 2   | 2      |
| Tamil Nadu       | 153    | -   | 153    |
| UT of DNH and DD | 25     | -   | 25     |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 771    | 25  | 796    |
| Uttarakhand      | 40     | 2   | 42     |
| West Bengal      | 189    | 77  | 266    |
| Grand Total      | 10,326 | 544 | 10,870 |

In the above mentioned data the class of vehicles includes Buses, Omni Buses and Educational Institution Buses.

The  details  given  are  for  digitized  vehicle  records  as  per  centralized Vahan 4.

Data for Telangana and Lakshadweep has not been provided as they are not in centralized Vahan 4.

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