The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the Rs 57,613 crore PM-eBus Sewa initiative to augment the use of electric buses in 169 cities.
Anurag Thakur, Union minister, sports, youth affairs and information and broadcasting, while announcing the Cabinet decision, said: “A total of Rs 57,613 crore will be spent to get around 10,000 new electric buses.”
The scheme will augment city bus operations, under which priority will be given to cities having no organised bus service.
