{"id":111357,"date":"2026-05-06T13:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=111357"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:24:08","slug":"govt-unveils-phase-two-of-subsidy-scheme-for-e-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/govt-unveils-phase-two-of-subsidy-scheme-for-e-bikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt unveils phase two of subsidy scheme for e-bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The government has released details of the second phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/poultry-subsidy-scheme-to-restart-in-punjab\/\">subsidy scheme<\/a> for the purchase of electric bikes, rickshaws, and loaders.<\/p>\n<p>According to official documents, in the first phase, a target of 41,000 vehicles was set; more than 269,000 people submitted applications; however, 41,000 people were selected through a lottery.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 1,334 electric bikes have been provided, while the subsidy amount is also being transferred directly to the accounts of the users.<\/p>\n<p>Under phase two, a subsidy of Rs 80,000 will be given on each electric bike, and another 100,000 electric bikes will be introduced in the next three months.<\/p>\n<p>Government employees of grade 16 or below will be provided with interest-free bikes or rickshaws, for which only an initial payment of Rs 10,000 will be made, with the remaining amount deducted from their salaries in installments.<\/p>\n<p>According to the new policy, the relevant companies will provide vehicles directly to the users, while the government will later pay the subsidy amount to the companies.<\/p>\n<p>A new application process has also been introduced, in which applications will be prioritized on a first-come, first-served basis, while the provincial quota will also be maintained.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it has been announced to provide free electric bikes to 600 outstanding government college students. A total of 116,000 electric bikes, 3,170 rickshaws, and loaders will be distributed this year, which is expected to result in significant savings in fuel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The government has released details of the second phase of the subsidy scheme for the purchase of electric bikes, rickshaws, and loaders. According to official documents, in the first phase, a target of 41,000 vehicles was set; more than 269,000 people submitted applications; however, 41,000 people were selected through a lottery. So far, 1,334 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":80800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[31504,41684],"class_list":["post-111357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-govt","tag-subsidy-scheme-for-e-bikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111357","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=111357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111361,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111357\/revisions\/111361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}