{"id":1895,"date":"2019-06-21T05:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T05:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2019-06-21T05:34:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T05:34:23","slug":"delhi-government-plans-free-rides-for-women-in-metro-and-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/delhi-government-plans-free-rides-for-women-in-metro-and-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi government plans free rides for women in metro and buses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delhi government<\/strong> has announced its plan to subsidize travel in public transport for women commuters<\/strong> in\nthe Capital. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.<\/strong>

Aim:<\/strong>
\nThe government intends to allow women to travel\nfor free on metro trains and State-run buses by the month of August-September<\/strong>. The\nnew scheme, which is to be implemented, is to encourage the use of public\ntransport, make it safer and to\npromote the participation of more women<\/strong> in the city\u2019s\nworkforce currently dominated by their male counterparts.
Beneficiaries:<\/strong> As many as 8 lakh women constituted the\nestimated daily commuter force of 25 lakh passengers on the Delhi Metro and\naround one lakh more were expected to be added. This step will perhaps add an\nextra one lakh women passengers to the existing daily ridership. It will also\nincrease the participation of women in the city\u2019s workforce.

Cost\nEstimation:<\/strong>
\nThis scheme is a subsidy that the Delhi\ngovernment will be providing on its own and it requires no clearance from the\nCentre. The scheme would cost around Rs.700 to Rs.800 crore.

Other\nrelated schemes to come:<\/strong>
\nThe State government also announced its plans to\nadd 3,000 buses to the city\u2019s streets
\nThe installation of CCTV cameras across Delhi

Delhi:<\/strong>
Lt.\nGovernor: <\/strong>Anil Baijal
Chief\nMinister:<\/strong> Arvind Kejriwal
Deputy\nChief Minister: <\/strong>Manish\nSisodia
Capital:<\/strong> New Delhi
Districts:<\/strong> 11
\nIt is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by\nUttar Pradesh to the east.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delhi government has announced its plan to subsidize travel in public transport for women commuters in the Capital. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Aim: The government intends to allow women to travel for free on metro trains and State-run buses by the month of August-September. The new scheme, which is to be implemented, is to encourage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}