Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC)
Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) is the Government of Assam-owned road transport corporation headquartered at Rupnagar, Guwahati. It began as a state government department in 1948 and was converted into a corporation under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 on 31 March 1970. Its most recent official activity verified from its own site is a Short Notice Inviting Tender at Digboi dated 16 September 2026, alongside an electric-bus programme with only electric purchases from 2025 onward.
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How we verify →Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) is the Government of Assam-owned road transport corporation headquartered at Rupnagar, Guwahati. It began as a state government department in 1948 and was converted into a corporation under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 on 31 March 1970. Its most recent official activity verified from its own site is a Short Notice Inviting Tender at Digboi dated 16 September 2026, alongside an electric-bus programme with only electric purchases from 2025 onward.
What happened
ASTC is described as the owned road transport corporation of the Government of Assam, started as a state government department with two buses between Guwahati and Nagaon, first created on 16 January 1948 under the Home Department as Road Transport, Assam, and converted to a Corporation under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 on 31 March 1970, with its main office at ASTC Headquarters, Rupnagar, Guwahati (sources: ASTC article excerpts and astc.assam.gov.in site ownership).
Its network is reported as 10 divisions, 135 bus stations and 3 Inter State Bus Terminals (source: ASTC article excerpts).
The recent shift is stated as aiming to convert all bus fleets to electric by 2030 with only electric purchases starting 2025, with 200 AC electric buses launched for Guwahati and adjoining areas on 1 January 2024 (source: ASTC article excerpts).
The latest official site activity verified is Short Notice Inviting Tender, Digboi, posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026, also shown on the homepage with calendar markers 16/09/2026 and 16 Sep 2026 (sources: astc.assam.gov.in latest and homepage).
What we could not confirm
Revenue, profit/loss and employee figures were not available in opened official pages, so financials and employees are null. Pre-2026 e-bus and network numbers come from a tertiary page, not yet cross-checked against ASTC annual report or CAG audit. District Kamrup Metropolitan is inferred from Rupnagar, Guwahati location.