Fare Revision by State Transport Authority

Chandigarh, 8th March 2018: In supersession of Chandigarh Administration, Transport Department Notification bearing No. 1/5/36-H-III(7)-2015/9143 dated 05/05/2015 in exercise of powers conferred by clause(i) of Sub-section (1) of Section 67 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to issue following directions to the State Transport Authority, U.T., Chandigarh:

DIRECTIONS

The State Transport Authority, U.T., Chandigarh shall ensure that the maximum rate of fare for stage carriages in the Union Territory, Chandigarh / Tri-City (M.C. Limit) is fixed as under, with effect from 12/03/2018 :-

(A) Bus Fare (Local)

Sr. No	Nature of buses	Fare for Kms.	Fare (for Tri-city / Local operations)
1.	Non-AC Bus	(i)        Upto 05 KMs             : (ii)      05 Kms to 10 KMs    : (iii)    Above 10 KMs          :	Rs.10/- Rs.15/- Rs.20/-
2.	AC Bus	(i)        Upto 05 KMs             : (ii)      05 Kms to 10 KMs    : (iii)    Above 10 KMs           :	Rs.15/- Rs.20/- Rs.25/-

(B)  Bus Pass  

Sr. No	Category of Passengers	Nature of buses	Area	Rate (Exclusive of Smart card fee)
3	Daily Passes	Non-AC	Tri-City (M.C Limit)	Rs.50/- per day per person
4	Daily Passes	All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Tri-City (M.C Limit)	Rs.60/- per day per person
5	Additional daily pass for Non-AC bus pass holders	All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Tri-City (M.C Limit)	Rs. 10/- in addition to the daily or monthly pass of ordinary pass (Non-AC bus)
6	General Public Monthly Pass	Non-AC	Tri-City (M.C Limit)	Rs.600/-* per person per month Note:-* There will be a discount of 33% for BPL public on production of BPL card issued by Chandigarh Administration
7	General Public Monthly Pass	All buses  (AC/ Non-AC)	Tri-City (M.C Limit)	Rs.800/- per person per month
8	All States/ Central Govt./ Govt. Banks, including outsourced/ contractual employees Monthly Passes	(i)    Non-AC bus (ii)  All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Tri-City (M.C Limit) Tri-City (M.C Limit)	(i)     Rs.300/- per person per month (ii)   Rs.800/- per person per month
9	Bonafide Students of Recognized Schools/ Colleges Monthly Passes	(i)     Non-AC bus (ii)   All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Tri-City (M.C Limit) Tri-City (M.C Limit)	1)      i)Rs. 100/- per month per student within a specific route for School / College      ii)Rs.300/- per month per student  for all General Routes 2) For AC buses 50% discount on monthly pass (All buses)
10	Children above 06 years & below 12 years, Monthly Pass	All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Local / Long route	50% discount on Ticket Fare /Monthly Pass as per Sr. No. 1, 2, 6 & 7
11	Personnel up to the rank of Inspector of U.T. Chandigarh Police, Home Guard, Jail Warden & CBI, Chandigarh Office	Non-AC bus	Local / Long route	Rs.200/- per person per month (as a group), Otherwise as per Sr.No.8 above
12	Senior Citizen above 60 Years of age, having an Identity Card, issued by the Director Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration	All buses (AC/ Non-AC)	Local / Long route	50% discount on Ticket Fare / Monthly Passes as per Sr. No. 1, 2, 6 & 7
13	(i) Children below 06 years (ii)Freedom Fighters and War Widows (iii) Deaf & Dumb, HIV-Aids & Disabled persons (iii)    Mentally retarded children, blind persons, Thallassemic Children (along with one attendant)	(i)  AC/ Non- AC bus (ii)  Non-AC bus (iii)    AC/ Non-AC bus (iv)    AC/ Non-AC bus	Local / Long route Tri-City (M.C Limit)         Tri-City (M.C Limit) Tri-City (M.C Limit)	(i)     Free facility (ii)   Free facility (having an ID card issued by the Competent Authority of Chandigarh U.T.) (iii)  Free facility (having an ID card issued by the Competent Authority of Chandigarh U.T.) (iv)    Free facility (having an ID card issued by the Competent Authority of Chandigarh U.T.)

Note:-

1.         Bus Pass month will start from the date of issuance of the Pass e.g. a person can get one month pass from 07^th April, 2018 till 06^th May, 2018. Monthly bus pass can be availed for any number of months starting from the date of preparation of bus pass.

2.            Half Ticket will be charged into round figure (.50 paise will be rounded to Rs.1/-).

3.            No discount on daily pass to any category of persons as daily pass is already at discount rate.

4.         A passenger cannot avail multiple discounts if he is entitled to more than one discount. He can avail one discount as per his preference.

5.            Smart Card fee of Rs.30/- for bus passes will be charged extra.