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The Delhi government will introduce digital travel cards for women to avail free rides in state-run buses, replacing the existing pink tickets, a move that will curb corruption in the ticketing system, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Tuesday. Presenting the 2025-26 Budget, Gupta, who also holds the finance portfolio, announced that Rs 12,952 crore has been earmarked for the transport sector to improve public transportation and urban mobility in the capital. To ensure a smoother, corruption-free experience for women using free bus services, Gupta said a new digital travel card will replace the existing pink tickets. "The card will allow women to travel freely on public buses anytime, eliminating corruption linked to ticketing," she said, adding that the entire system will be digitised for better efficiency. "We are committed to providing this service to women corruption will not be tolerated. We will introduce digital travel cards that women can use as often as they need, .
All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) national president Harish Sabharwal on Friday asked the government to address issues like exorbitant increase in toll tax rates and misuse of the e-challan system. The charge handover and oath taking ceremony of the newly elected office bearers of AIMTC was held on Friday, where Amritlal Madan, the outgoing President of AIMTC, officially passed on his responsibilities to the newly elected president Sabharwal and his team. AIMTC in a statement said some of the key issues that will be high on Sabharwal's agenda include abolition of border checkposts in the states especially in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. The truckers body said exorbitant increase in toll tax rates, checking misuse of E-challan system and impractical ban on 10-year old diesel vehicles in DelhiNCR are also on agenda of the newly-elected president of AIMTC. AIMTC also demanded that the government should constitute 'Drivers Samajik Suraksha Welfare Board' with ...
Supply chain and logistics solutions provider Transport Corporation of India Ltd (TCI) on Monday reported a 23 per cent growth in standalone profit after tax at Rs 95 crore in the quarter ended December 2022. The company had posted a PAT (Profit After Tax) of Rs 78 crore in the same quarter of FY22, TCI said in a statement. Revenue from operations during the reporting quarter grew 16 per cent year-on-year at Rs 881 crore, it said. "The company has accomplished consistent performance amidst a stable macro environment in the third quarter of the current fiscal. All our business segments have delivered satisfactory results in line with expectations," said Vineet Agarwal, Managing Director at TCI. While the company keeps a balanced view on the industry-wide challenges around inflation and tightening of credit, "we are confident of achieving our goals to build an integrated multi-modal logistics solutions organisation," he added.