Lok Sabha Question No. 6357 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Eligibility Criteria for PM-eBus Sewa Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Kriti Devi Debbarman, Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary, Shri Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6357 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 02, 2026

## ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PM-EBUS SEWA SCHEME

NO.6357.   SMT. KRITI DEVI DEBBARMAN: SHRI DARSHAN SINGH CHOUDHARY: SHRI RAJPALSINH MAHENDRASINH JADAV:

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

- (a)     the eligibility criteria prescribed for cities and States to participate in the Pradhan Mantri e-Bus Sewa scheme;
- (b) the  manner  in  which  the  Government  is  monitoring  the  daily operations,  service  quality  and  utilisation  of  electric  buses  being deployed under green urban mobility initiatives;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  particularly  focusing  on  expansion  of electric  bus  services  to  smaller  and  medium  cities  to  strengthen their public transport systems and   if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to start electric bus services in Narmadapuram  and  Narsinghpur  Lok  Sabha  Constituencies  as  a large number of daily commuters, farmers, labourers and students essentially require affordable and clean public transport; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the action plan proposed for the said scheme and the estimated timeline for the full deployment of allocated electric buses in the selected cities?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (c) & (e):   Under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, cities and clusters of adjoining small statutory towns with population size between 3-40 lakhs along with State/UT capital cities, hilly capital cities, NER State capital cities with less than 3 lakh population as per Census 2011 are eligible to participate in the Scheme. Under the Scheme, 10,000 air-conditioned ebuses have been sanctioned for 116 cities across 26 States/UTs on Public Private Partnership model. In addition, Central Financial Assistance is also provided  for  creation  of  Civil  Depot  and  Behind-the-Meter  (BTM)  Power Infrastructure for buses covered under the Scheme.

The monitoring of daily bus operations of the buses deployed under the Scheme is the responsibility of the respective city.  However, the Scheme envisages  to  develop  a  Central  Intelligent  Transit  Management  System (ITMS) platform to help cities in monitoring daily operation of the buses deployed under the Scheme.

Apart from above, under a sub-scheme head namely 'Transport Planning and  Capacity  Building  in  Urban  Transport  for  metro  and  non-metro projects',  100%  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  for  undertaking  the activities relating to preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP)/Detailed Project Report (DPR)/Research studies etc. is provided to the cities for strengthening their public transport system.

The Scheme envisages 31 st  March 2027 as the estimated timeline for full deployment  of  electric  buses  by  the  participating  cities,  which  is subjected  to  completion  of  work  for  creation  of  associated  depot infrastructure, which is the responsibility of concerned State Governments.

(d): Respective State Governments had sent proposals for inclusion of electric buses based on eligibility of cities as per extant guidelines of PMeBus Sewa Scheme.  Government of Madhya Pradesh has not sent any proposal  for  electric  buses  under  PM-eBus  Sewa  Scheme  in  respect  of Narmadapuram and Narsinghpur Lok Sabha Constituencies.

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