{"id":128163,"date":"2021-12-18T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T09:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=128163"},"modified":"2021-12-18T09:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T09:46:55","slug":"electric-buses-in-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/electric-buses-in-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric buses in Uttar Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : Which of the following would finance 350 electric buses in Uttar Pradesh ?<\/strong><br>a. PFC<br>b. PTC<br>c. STC<br>d. None of the above<br><strong>Ans. a.<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>State-owned Power Finance Corporation(PFC) on December 15 said it will lend Rs 275 crore for deployment of 350 electric buses across nine cities in Uttar Pradesh.<\/li><li><strong>Agreement &#8212;<\/strong><\/li><li>An agreement to this effect was signed between PFC and GreenCell Mobility(an e-mobility platform supported by governments of India and the UK) to boost adoption of electric vehicles in the country.<\/li><li><strong>Cities &#8212;<\/strong><\/li><li>The buses will be deployed in key cities of UP including Agra, Meerut, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Mathura, among others.<\/li><li><strong>FAME-II scheme &#8212;<\/strong><\/li><li>It is noteworthy that the Centre has launched FAME-II scheme with an allocation of Rs 3,500 crore for promotion of adoption of electric buses.<\/li><li><strong>Significance &#8212;<\/strong><\/li><li>Electric buses offer sustainable mobility solutions by tackling challenges of poor air quality and also reducing carbon footprints of the nation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/auto\/news\/pfc-to-finance-350-electric-buses-in-uttar-pradesh\/articleshow\/88304477.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/auto\/news\/pfc-to-finance-350-electric-buses-in-uttar-pradesh\/articleshow\/88304477.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : Which of the following would finance 350 electric buses in Uttar Pradesh ?a. PFCb. PTCc. STCd. None of the aboveAns. a.Related facts &#8212; State-owned Power Finance Corporation(PFC) on December 15 said it will lend Rs 275 crore for deployment of 350 electric buses across nine cities in Uttar Pradesh. Agreement &#8212; An agreement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":128164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-128163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128165,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128163\/revisions\/128165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}