The Delhi government on Sunday launched the ‘Pink Saheli Smart Card’, a special initiative aimed at providing free and convenient travel for women and transgender individuals across Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses.
With this new scheme, daughters, sisters and mothers over the age of 12 can now enjoy free rides around the capital.
This was announced in X post by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. “Delhi government has launched ‘Pink Saheli Smart Card’ for women and transgenders. Now daughters, sisters and mothers above 12 years of age will be able to travel free and comfortably in DTC buses and cluster buses,” CM Gupta said on X.
“This initiative is a significant step towards making travel easier for women in Delhi, encouraging the use of public transport and providing more facilities and respect for women’s power,” the post continued.
Earlier, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood announced on Friday that the Delhi government has taken a historic and momentous decision under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to grant recognition to unaided private schools operating in disadvantaged areas of the city.
According to the report, this is a long-term reform that restores the constitutional right to education for thousands of children across the city.
According to this decision, all unaided private schools which have been operating in substandard areas for a long time but have not yet received recognition from the Directorate of Education, either due to procedural reasons or due to the discriminatory attitude of previous governments, can now apply for recognition from the Directorate of Education, Government of Delhi.
The Directorate of Education’s online application portal was opened on 1 November 2025. All such schools wishing to apply for recognition can apply by 30 November 2025.
Once the application process is complete, the applications received will be reviewed and a list of schools that meet all the prescribed criteria for recognition will be issued, the report said.
The Education Minister said: “For more than a decade this issue has remained buried in the files while children have been denied their constitutional right to education. Previous governments have favoured, recognized some while neglecting many. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, we have ended this selective discrimination.”
This initiative is a major step towards making travel easier for women in Delhi, encouraging the use of public transport and providing more facilities and respect for women’s power.
“This is not just an administrative reform, it is justice for our children, justice for our institutions and a real step towards democratization of education in Delhi.”
