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The Hindu
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Guarantee schemes have benefited crores of people, says CM
As the Karnataka government's Shakti scheme crossed 500 crore trips, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah celebrated the occasion in a ceremony in Indi in Vijayapura district on Monday. To mark the occasion, he performed pooja to buses, issued tickets, and interacted with women beneficiaries in the Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) bus stand in Indi. The Chief Minister highlighted that the Congress had kept its promise of implementing the five guarantees and that they had been successfully implemented, benefiting crores of poor people. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Ministers H.C. Mahadevappa, Dinesh Gundu Rao, M.B. Patil, H.K. Patil, Shivanand S. Patil, Sharan Prakash Patil, MLA Yashwantrayagouda Patil, and guarantee committee members, among other leaders, were present.
The Hindu
30-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
KKRTC generates ₹2,375 crore revenue through Shakti scheme in two years
The Congress-led government's Shakti scheme, which offers free travel to women commuters in government buses, has generated a traffic revenue of ₹2,375 crore to the Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) in the last two years. The women passengers in eight districts coming under KKRTC jurisdiction, have benefited around 67.91 crore free rides since its launch in June 2023 to May 2025 and the total ticket revenue generated was ₹2,375 crore. As per the data provided by KKRTC, the scheme had witnessed a surge in number of women passengers; to cope with the increased demand for public transportation the KKRTC has increased its schedules from 4,028 to 4,689 schedules, with an increase of 661 schedules. Similarly the number of daily trips too went up from 22,214 to 27,528 trips. Nearly 9.42 lakh women in eight districts of KKRTC jurisdiction avail benefit of Shakti scheme every day. Of the eight districts, Kalaburagi district recorded the highest number of trips by women passengers with 13.55 crore trips generating a ticket revenue of ₹459 crore followed by Vijayapura district with 13.09 crore trips and a ticket revenue of ₹427 crore. Raichur district recorded 8.41 crore trips with a revenue of ₹330 crore; Bidar district with 8.19 crore trips generated a revenue of ₹236 crore. While Koppal district recorded 7.78 crore trips with ₹278 crore revenue, Vijayanagar district with 6.96 crore trips generated a revenue of ₹268 crore. In Ballari district, there were 4.94 crore trips with ₹189 crore and Yadgir district recorded 4.95 crore trips with a revenue of ₹184 crore in the two years. Of the ₹2,375 crore, the State government has cleared a sum of ₹1,800 crore towards ticket reimbursement and ₹575 crore was pending. The KKRTC has recently recruited 600 driver-cum-conductors, of which 500 were deployed as conductors; even then the corporation was facing shortage of conductors due to increase in number of daily shuttles, an official said.
