{"id":103488,"date":"2025-10-01T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103488"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:24:31","slug":"sbps-subsidised-e-bike-e-rickshaw-scheme-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbps-subsidised-e-bike-e-rickshaw-scheme-2025.html","title":{"rendered":"SBP unveils subsidised e-bike, e-rickshaw scheme for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday announced the launch of a government-backed cost-sharing scheme to promote electric bikes (e-bikes) and e-rickshaws, aimed at boosting energy efficiency and accelerating the country\u2019s shift towards green transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the programme, the government plans to finance around 116,000 e-bikes and 3,170 e-rickshaws\/loaders during the current fiscal year. At least 25% of the e-bikes will be reserved for women, while up to 10% will be allocated for small business users, such as courier and delivery riders. In addition, as much as 30% of the e-rickshaws\/loaders will go to fleet operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative will roll out in two phases: 40,000 e-bikes and 1,000 e-rickshaws\/loaders in the first phase, followed by 76,000 e-bikes and 2,171 e-rickshaws\/loaders in the second phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-rolls-out-prism-for-real-time-payments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SBP rolls out PRISM+ for real-time payments, securities settlement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make financing affordable, the government will provide capital subsidies of up to PKR 50,000 per e-bike and PKR 200,000 per e-rickshaw\/loader. Loans will be offered on an 80:20 debt-to-equity ratio, with the equity portion covered partly or entirely by the subsidy. The loans will be interest-free, with the government covering the full markup cost. Borrowers will only repay the principal amount and insurance in instalments, spread over a maximum of two years for e-bikes and three years for rickshaws and loaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis means if the subsidy covers the full equity share, borrowers won\u2019t have to contribute anything upfront,\u201d the SBP said in its circular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure transparency, the scheme will be managed through a digital lending platform, minimising human interaction. Banks will integrate with the platform for application processing, approvals, and disbursements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vehicle models and vendors will be finalised by the Engineering Development Board (EDB), while manufacturers will be responsible for timely delivery and after-sales service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials say the scheme is part of the government\u2019s broader effort to cut fuel dependency, lower emissions, and provide affordable, eco-friendly transport options to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday announced the launch of a government-backed cost-sharing scheme to promote electric bikes (e-bikes) and e-rickshaws, aimed at boosting energy efficiency and accelerating the country\u2019s shift towards green transport. Under the programme, the government plans to finance around 116,000 e-bikes and 3,170 e-rickshaws\/loaders during the current fiscal year. At least 25% of the e-bikes will be reserved for women, while up to 10% will be allocated for small business users, such as courier and delivery riders. In addition, as much as 30% of the e-rickshaws\/loaders will go to fleet operators. The initiative will roll out in two phases: 40,000 e-bikes and 1,000 e-rickshaws\/loaders in the first phase, followed by 76,000 e-bikes and 2,171 e-rickshaws\/loaders in the second phase. Read: SBP rolls out PRISM+ for real-time payments, securities settlement To make financing affordable, the government will provide capital subsidies of up to PKR 50,000 per e-bike and PKR 200,000 per e-rickshaw\/loader. Loans will be offered on an 80:20 debt-to-equity ratio, with the equity portion covered partly or entirely by the subsidy. The loans will be interest-free, with the government covering the full markup cost. Borrowers will only repay the principal amount and insurance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":76277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[34052,68456,68460,68461,68463,67035,68459,61862,68216,65397,68457,68458,68462,68455,60329,61508,45636,6066,2631,13594,20060],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-clean-energy","9":"tag-cost-sharing-scheme","10":"tag-courier-services","11":"tag-delivery-riders","12":"tag-digital-lending-platform","13":"tag-e-bike-scheme","14":"tag-e-rickshaw-scheme","15":"tag-eco-friendly-transport","16":"tag-edb","17":"tag-electric-vehicles-pakistan","18":"tag-emissions-reduction","19":"tag-engineering-development-board","20":"tag-fleet-operators","21":"tag-fuel-dependency-reduction","22":"tag-government-initiative","23":"tag-green-transport","24":"tag-interest-free-loans","25":"tag-sbp","26":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan","27":"tag-subsidies","28":"tag-women-empowerment","29":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SBP&#039;s subsidised e-bike, e-rickshaw scheme 2025 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To make financing affordable, the government will provide capital subsidies of up to PKR 50,000 per e-bike and PKR 200,000....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbps-subsidised-e-bike-e-rickshaw-scheme-2025.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SBP&#039;s subsidised e-bike, e-rickshaw scheme 2025 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To make financing affordable, the government will provide capital subsidies of up to PKR 50,000 per e-bike and PKR 200,000....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbps-subsidised-e-bike-e-rickshaw-scheme-2025.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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