The Yogi Adityanath government is going to provide easy free travel facility to all the teachers awarded at the national and state levels through smart cards.
The free travel facility in UP State Road Transport Corporation buses will be admissible to all such teachers who fulfill the criteria. The director education, basic and secondary, has instructed all the basic education officers and district inspectors of schools of all the districts to provide details of all awardee teachers within a week.
After the list is provided to the Transport department by the Education department, the beneficiary teacher will have to apply for the smart card.
It is worth mentioning that free travel facility is being made available in the buses of UPSRTC to the national/state awardee teachers. For this, coupon based travel has been prescribed to the extent of 4,000 kilometres per year.
Arrangements have been made to issue tickets through a smart card by the UPSRTC under its new bus ticketing scheme. Special smart cards will be provided by the corporation to the national/state awardee teachers. On tapping these smart cards on the ticketing machine, a ticket of zero value will be issued, in which the details of the bus number and the journey from where to where will be mentioned. The cost of the smart card will have to be borne by the beneficiary. The validity of the card will be of five years. In case of loss or deposit, the new card will have to be obtained by the beneficiary by paying the amount.
The teacher eligible for the smart card will have to submit his/her attested photograph along with Aadhaar card and identity card to the director basic/secondary education, mentioning that the holder of the identity card is a national/state awardee teacher. The application form in the prescribed format will have to be submitted at the UPSRTC bus station of any district. The cost of the card will be Rs 100 plus 18 per cent GST (goods and services tax) payable by the teacher. The card will have a smart chip, in which all the details of the teacher will be fed.
The beneficiary will also have the option of getting a personalised smart card with name and photo similar to debit and credit cards. The card will be issued in seven working days from the date of submission of application at the counter. The beneficiaries will also have the option to apply for the smart card online. For this, they will have to login to the transport corporation's website www.upsrtc.com where they will have to submit their details and fees by visiting the available link.