Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC)
BSRTC is a statutory road-transport corporation set up in 1959 under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 and wholly owned by the Government of Bihar. In August 2026 it announced the induction of 549 new buses including electric buses under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme, taking the fleet from about 960 to 1,526. Daily ridership of over one lakh is projected to cross two lakh after deployment.
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How we verify →BSRTC is a statutory road-transport corporation set up in 1959 under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 and wholly owned by the Government of Bihar. In August 2026 it announced the induction of 549 new buses including electric buses under the PM e-Bus Sewa scheme, taking the fleet from about 960 to 1,526. Daily ridership of over one lakh is projected to cross two lakh after deployment.
What happened
BSRTC's official site states it is a state-owned road transportation undertaking in Bihar, set up in 1959 under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, wholly owned by the Government of Bihar (source: bsrtc.co.in About Us).
On 5 August 2026 BSRTC announced induction of 549 new vehicles including electric buses under the Centre's PM e-Bus Sewa scheme: about 200 of 400 allotted e-buses by end-August plus 74 non-AC and 75 AC deluxe buses, raising the fleet from about 960 to 1,526 buses (source: Times of India, Patna, 5 Aug 2026, reporting BSRTC figures).
The same report states daily ridership over one lakh is projected to cross two lakh, AC e-buses will serve Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Purnia including pink buses for women with about 180 km range per charge, and Transport Secretary Raj Kumar linked the induction to lower diesel use and stronger urban, rural and interstate connectivity with new terminals and charging infra (source: Times of India, 5 Aug 2026).
What we could not confirm
Fleet and ridership figures are BSRTC figures as reported by news; the official BSRTC/Transport Department release itself was not opened. Latest revenue/profit and employee figures are not available on opened pages, so financials and employees are null.