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 NATIONAL ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAMME

 NATIONAL ELECTRIC BUS PROGRAMME

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.

State-wise details of electric buses as on 19th July, 2024 are provided in the Annexure.

 

No fund has been allocated as financial assistance to Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation in the last five years.

Annexure

State Name

No. of Electric Buses as on 19.07.2024

Pure Electric Buses

Strong Hybrid Electric Buses

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

40

Andhra Pradesh

131

17

Assam

215

Bihar

27

3

Chandigarh

81

Chhattisgarh

4

29

Delhi

2011

Goa

124

Gujarat

894

1

Haryana

28

3

Himachal Pradesh

123

Jammu and Kashmir

244

Jharkhand

7

8

Karnataka

1195

84

Kerala

191

Ladakh

19

Madhya Pradesh

115

6

Maharashtra

2111

3

Manipur

1

Mizoram

1

Odisha

161

13

Puducherry

22

Punjab

17

Rajasthan

24

Tamil Nadu

153

UT of DNH and DD

25

Uttarakhand

35

1

Uttar Pradesh

758

3

West Bengal

181

34

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.

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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