The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) started a free travel service in Delhi’s DTC buses for women in October 2019 during its tenure. The Delhi government’s rent-free Public Transport (FFPT) scheme has benefited several levels. This scheme has increased access to women’s jobs, education and healthcare. Women have also got help in saving money in traveling far and more often in the capital. This information has been revealed in a process under process released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) India on Thursday.
Researge from WRI India researcher Harshita Jamba, Arvind Devraj and Chaitanya Kanuri, a research paper titled ‘Rent-free bus travel scheme: Delhi from Delhi’ shows that this scheme — Women passenger passengers can choose to pay for their travel in buses operated by the state, those who opt for free travel are issued by the option of free journey-Pink Single Tickets are issued to those who choose the main forms — The following are the benefits of women — The following are the benefits of women of the following. And half the women involved in the survey save at least Rs 500 per month.
Researchers, based on a survey, consisted of 28% of respondents from the economically weaker sections (EWS), whose annual domestic income was less than ₹ 3,00,000, and additional 57% were families whose income was less than ₹ 6,00,000, found that according to the data of the state’s plan department, the share of women’s riders increased from 33%.
The authors said, “They (the women involved in the survey) said that the scheme has saved up to 8% every month in their domestic income. Rent forgiveness has made women less dependent on male family members, making them travel alone or paying transport costs for other family members.”
Surveyed at 15 different places in Delhi, 95% of the 2010 female bus users were captive users who did not have access to private vehicles and were dependent on buses due to economic obstacles. The authors said that the rent waiver has effectively made women less dependent on the members of the male family, allowing them to travel alone or bear transport costs for other family members.
The study highlighted that inadequate and unskilled bus services, resulting in congestion and harassment, affects women’s safe and reliable bus services. The survey found that 59% of women expressed concern about safety due to hostile behavior of employees.
While the free intra-city bus service has expanded travel opportunities, especiallyFor students visiting higher education institutions, the survey has shown that “women have described the length of an average journey of 10.52 km, which allows them to reach about a quarter of opportunities in the city by bus. The scheme also eliminates ‘pink tax’ on small trips, which allows women to save travel cost and travel time by transferring slow or more expensive means.”
Kanuri, Associate Director of Electric Mobility at WRI India, said, “Given the demographic profile of our survey sample, the rent-free public transport scheme plays an important role in benefiting women passengers.” Kanuri said that the scheme also enabled women to use buses for short trips, which they could first avoid due to Delhi’s telescopic rent structure, where the cost per kilometer for short distance is more and less for long distances.
