{"id":172554,"date":"2025-05-31T11:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=172554"},"modified":"2025-05-31T11:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:07:05","slug":"shakti-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/shakti-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakti Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The &#8220;Shakti&#8221; package in Karnataka allows women to travel on intra-state buses for free. It&#8217;s a flagship guarantee of the Congress government. The scheme, launched in June 2023, is focused on promoting women&#8217;s empowerment through free travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Free Bus Travel: The scheme allows women and transgender individuals to travel for free on all non-premium State-run buses across Karnataka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Target Beneficiaries: The scheme is intended especially for women who are domiciled in Karnataka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implementation: The scheme was implemented on June 11, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact: The Shakti scheme has resulted in a jump in the public bus ridership to 4.92 crore an increase of 23.17 lakh by riding on intra-state buses each day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cost: The Shakti scheme has incurred the Karnataka state exchequer \u20b95,481,40,62,803 from June 11, 2023, to June 9, 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Shakti&#8221; package in Karnataka allows women to travel on intra-state buses for free. 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