Clean cooking fuel, urban mobility find place in Union Budget 2021-22
India, Feb. 1 -- Rs 18,000 crore to support public bus transport services; experts believe move could bring down pollution
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 18,000 crore to augment public bus transport services as part of the Union Budget 2021-22. Experts believe the move could help reduce local as well as global pollution.
Sitharaman said:
"We will work towards raising the share of public transport in urban areas through expansion of metro rail network and augmentation of city bus service. A new scheme will be launched at a cost of Rs 18,000 crores to support augmentation of public bus transport services. The scheme will facilitate deployment of innovative public-private partnership models to enable private sector...
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