The central government is planning to launch a new scheme to provide
commercial pessanger vehicles in rural areas at subsidized rates. To be
named as “Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana“, the scheme has been proposed to create a better transport systems in the rural areas across the country.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana (PMGPY), the central
government will provide commercial PV’s to defence personnel and women
self-help groups. The scheme will supplement the Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana which was launched to improve road conditions in the
villages.
The development of roads in villages has been done at a decent pace
under the PM Gramin Sadak Yojana but the public transport is missing
from these roads. Within the last fiscal year, 36,000 KM of new roads
have been constructed by the rural development ministry. The target for
the current 2016-17 financial years is 48,000 KM. The current rate of
construction of roads is 80 KM per day which is planned to be increased
to 133 KM/day.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana aims to improve the public
transport system in rural area. Under the scheme, the government is
considering to provide 10-12 seater passenger vehicles at subsidised
rates to retired defence personnel and women self-help groups for
running on these roads.
A survey has already been conducted by the government in rural areas
of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and what has come out is that providing 10
or 12-seater commercial passenger vehicles at subsidised rates in rural
areas will be highly beneficial.
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