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Delhi Launches DURGA Scheme for Women and Transgender
- 30 Mar 2026
- 2 min read
Why in News?
The Government of Delhi has launched the DURGA Scheme to empower women and transgender persons by enabling them to operate electric auto-rickshaws.
Key Points
- About: The DURGA Scheme stands for Driving Upliftment and Rozgar for Women/Transgender Green e-Auto.
- The scheme was announced by Rekha Gupta, Chief Minister of Delhi, during the Delhi Budget 2026–27.
- Financial Allocation: The scheme has a proposed budget outlay of ₹20 crore.
- Objective: To provide livelihood opportunities and economic empowerment to women and transgender persons by enabling them to operate electric auto-rickshaws while promoting inclusive and green urban transport.
- Beneficiaries: In the first phase, the scheme will support 1,100 beneficiaries, including 1,000 women and 100 transgender persons, to obtain electric auto-rickshaw permits.
- Beneficiaries will receive subsidies and interest subvention through empanelled banks to help purchase electric auto-rickshaws.
- DUMTA: The Delhi Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (DUMTA) is a proposed integrated transport authority aimed at coordinating and planning all urban transport systems in Delhi under a single institutional framework.
- The scheme has a proposed budget outlay of ₹5 crore.
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