Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is a statutory road-transport corporation wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka and headquartered at Bengaluru. It was created under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, on 1 August 1961, following the Mysore Government Road Transport Department, inaugurated on 12 September 1948. The state’s Shakti Scheme providing free bus travel to Karnataka-domiciled women began on 11 June 2023.
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How we verify →Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is a statutory road-transport corporation wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka and headquartered at Bengaluru. It was created under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, on 1 August 1961, following the Mysore Government Road Transport Department, inaugurated on 12 September 1948. The state’s Shakti Scheme providing free bus travel to Karnataka-domiciled women began on 11 June 2023.
What happened
The reference page says KSRTC is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka and became an independent corporation under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, on 1 August 1961. It dates the predecessor Mysore Government Road Transport Department to 12 September 1948 and says it had 120 buses.
The reference page says the Shakti Scheme was announced on 2 June 2023 and began on 11 June 2023, providing free bus service to Karnataka-domiciled women, with conductors issuing zero-fare tickets.
What we could not confirm
Shakti dates are from a secondary reference page; the underlying government order and 2024-25/2025-26 ridership, revenue-loss and reimbursement figures could not be verified from reachable official pages. Shareholding percentages, financials and employee count left null. District Bengaluru Urban inferred from headquarters city Bengaluru.