The Union Ministry of Urban Development will release funds to the state 
under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM)
scheme.

The buses will be procured in phases up to 31 March 2014. The Union
ministry has also asked the state to augment the existing government
fleet.

Around 50 vehicles will be procured in the first phase, that will hit
city roads this December. All the vehicles will be run by the Calcutta
State Transport Corporation (CSTC). A number of low-floored air
conditioned buses will also be procured under the scheme. The state
Transport Department this time has ruled out a public-private
partnership.     

This is the second such allocation under the JnNURM scheme. The earlier
allocations to states under JnNURM took place in 2009. The urban
development ministry had announced in August this year that 10,000 buses
would be allocated to states under the JnNURM scheme. 

The state Transport Department submitted a detailed project report to
the urban development ministry in September this year to procure the
vehicles under the JnNURM scheme. Later, a revised project report was
placed before the Union ministry.