{"id":106054,"date":"2026-04-01T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=106054"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:17:20","slug":"e-taxi-scheme-moves-forward-as-punjab-finalizes-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/e-taxi-scheme-moves-forward-as-punjab-finalizes-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"E-taxi scheme moves forward as Punjab finalizes candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Government of Punjab has achieved significant success in its eco-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-set-to-finalize-e-taxi-beneficiaries-through-e-balloting\/\">e-taxi initiative<\/a>, with hundreds of applicants moving to the next stage of the program.<\/p>\n<p>According to official sources, some 380 candidates have already deposited their down payment, indicating a high level of interest in this particular initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial official Bilal Akbar Khan said, &#8220;A total of 1,100 candidates have been shortlisted after a balloting process. We have initiated the process of contacting candidates for payment requirements, and scrutiny is almost complete.&#8221; In total, more than 350,000 applications have been received for this initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Under this scheme, the Punjab government has planned to launch 1,100 electric taxis with a subsidy of Rs. 6 billion. The minimum amount of the down payment has been fixed at Rs. 650,000, and the maximum amount goes up to Rs. 850,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the officials, those who have already deposited their down payments will soon be able to receive their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>This scheme has been designed in a way that encourages participation from the corporate sector, women, and professional drivers, ensuring environmental protection along with social and economic benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Government of Punjab has achieved significant success in its eco-friendly e-taxi initiative, with hundreds of applicants moving to the next stage of the program. According to official sources, some 380 candidates have already deposited their down payment, indicating a high level of interest in this particular initiative. Provincial official Bilal Akbar Khan said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":81336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14342,4],"tags":[39167],"class_list":["post-106054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-business","tag-e-taxi-scheme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106055,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106054\/revisions\/106055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}