The Rajasthan state government on 19 May 2026 formally decided to roll out 500 electric buses for public transport in eight major cities by August 2026, under a combination of the central Prime Minister E-Bus Sewa Scheme and the state-approved e-mobility plan. The decision builds on Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma fuel conservation appeal earlier in the month following the Prime Minister national call to reduce petroleum demand, during which the Chief Minister himself reduced his own convoy size and travelled by an electric bus to demonstrate the new transport ethic. The 500 e-buses will be deployed across Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer, Udaipur, Bharatpur and Alwar, replacing ageing diesel fleets and easing urban air pollution that has been worsening in tier-2 Rajasthan cities through summer. Operational deployment will be handled by the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation in partnership with concessionaires selected under the gross cost contract model of the PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme, where the centre pays a per-kilometre subsidy and the state provides depot infrastructure and electricity tariff support. The decision dovetails with parallel investment from PMI Electro Mobility Solutions, which has been allocated 265,329 square metres of land through RIICO in the Ghiloth industrial area in Kotputli-Behror district to establish Rajasthan first e-bus manufacturing plant with an investment of around Rs 1,200 crore, positioning the state as an e-mobility hub.