ZTBTSFW
Zero Ticket Bus Travel Scheme for Women
Eligible women and transgender individuals who are permanent residents of Tamil Nadu can benefit from the Zero Ticket Bus Travel Scheme for Women, allowing them to travel free of cost on government buses for distances up to 30 kilometers. This initiative promotes women's empowerment and enhances mobility by eliminating fare costs for public transport.
States / UT: Tamil Nadu
Nodal department: Department of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment
Scheme for: Individual
Scheme profile
DBT (direct benefit transfer): No
Scheme open date: 2021-05-07
Categories: Transport & Infrastructure
Sub-categories: Roads and road transport
Target beneficiaries: Individual
Tags: Women, Transport, Zero Ticket, Bus, Empowerment
Details
The Zero Ticket Bus Travel Scheme. The government of Tamil Nadu under the Department of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment announced a scheme whereby women travelers can travel without paying any fare in government-run normal-fare buses (for short distances of up to 30 kilometers) in cities and towns in the state. Women are issued zero tickets (a fareless ticket) when they travel in these buses.
Among the women passengers who use the Zero-Ticket Travel Scheme (ZTBT), around 52% of them are below the age of 40. The fact that more than 48% of women users are more than 40 years of age indicates the extent to which this scheme benefits older women. There are no major differences in these proportions across districts.
ZTBT Scheme users are those with educational qualifications of less than fifth grade (5 years of school education). They comprise almost 44% of the sample users
Benefits
- - Free bus travel in Tamil Nadu government buses
- No Need to Pay any Fare up to 30 Kilometers
- Free bus travel in Tamil Nadu government buses.
- No Need to Pay any Fare up to 30 Kilometers.
Eligibility
- Only women will be eligible.
- Women should be permanent Residents of Tamil Nadu.
- There is a travel limit of 30-kilometers.
Application Process
Offline
No formal application is needed. Women simply board the bus and request a zero-value ticket from the conductor.
Documents Required
No document list is available for this scheme yet.
Official links
References
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- Educational Certificates (for student schemes)
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