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The Cabinet today approved a bus scheme called “PM-e-Bus-Sewa” under which 10,000 e-buses will be rolled out on public-private partnership model, according to a government press release. This scheme was announced by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in her 2021-22 budget speech, on February 1, 2021. She 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 ₹18,000 crores to support augmentation...