Indian National Congress · Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2022
Last updated 26 Jun 2026
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Help us verify“The Congress government will bring new schemes for youth entering the taxi business, from providing low-interest loans to implementing an insurance scheme.”
The government launched an e-taxi scheme in November 2023 under the first phase of the Rs 680 crore Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Startup Yojana, itself cited as a Pratigya Patra promise, offering unemployed youth a 50% subsidy on e-taxi purchase, bank loans for the balance with no collateral guarantee, and government hiring of the e-taxis with an assured monthly income of around Rs 40,000. This substantially delivers the low-interest-loan support for youth entering the taxi business. However, the scheme is specific to electric taxis, and the promised insurance scheme component was not separately verified. Marked partial: strong delivery on the loan and support leg, e-taxi-specific, insurance component unconfirmed.
E-taxi scheme launched under Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Startup Yojana, with 50% subsidy, no-collateral loans and government hiring.
View sourcePromise made in INC Himachal Pradesh manifesto and guarantees.
Budget will be allocated to MLAs under the Dev Bhumi Vikas Nidhi to develop religious sites for tourism and for infrastructure development.
The validity of taxi permits will be increased from 10 years to 15 years.
To promote tourism in villages, a Smart Village project will be launched, and modern tourism facilities will be developed in these villages.
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