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Consider the following two statements regarding the Rajasthan e-bus decision of 19 May 2026:\n1. The Rajasthan government plans to deploy 500 electric buses for public transport in eight major cities by August 2026.\n2. Rajasthan first e-bus manufacturing plant is being set up by PMI Electro Mobility Solutions at Ghiloth in Kotputli-Behror district.\nWhich of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct answer: (A) Both 1 and 2.

Rajasthan's 19 May 2026 e-bus decision covered both the deployment of 500 electric buses in eight major cities by August 2026 and PMI Electro Mobility Solutions' e-bus manufacturing plant at Ghiloth in Kotputli-Behror district.

  1. (A)

    Both 1 and 2

  2. (B)

    1 only

  3. (C)

    2 only

  4. (D)

    Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Both statements are correct. Rajasthan planned to operate 500 electric buses for public transport by August 2026, with the deployment covering Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer, Udaipur, Bharatpur and Alwar. The ETGovernment report also records that the government planned to operate 500 e-buses by August 2026 for public transport. PMI Electro Mobility Solutions was allotted 2,65,329 square metres through RIICO at Ghiloth in Kotputli-Behror district for Rajasthan's first e-bus manufacturing plant, with an investment of around Rs 1,200 crore. Since both factual statements stand, option A is the only correct answer.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) It accepts the 500 e-bus deployment plan but wrongly rejects the PMI Electro Mobility Solutions plant at Ghiloth, which is part of the same factual set.
  • (C) It accepts the Ghiloth e-bus manufacturing plant but wrongly rejects the August 2026 plan to deploy 500 electric buses for public transport in eight major cities.
  • (D) It is wrong because both the public-transport deployment statement and the Ghiloth manufacturing-plant statement are correct.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan current affairs at the junction of urban transport policy and industrial investment. RAS repeatedly asks such statement-combination questions because schemes, city coverage, nodal agencies and investment locations are easy to confuse.

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