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Economic Help to Women.
The main aim of Pink Rickshaw is to empower women by providing them with a means of transportation and potential opportunity to generate revenue in terms of income for their families and at the same time provide safe rides to other women. The government has launched this rickshaw to facilitate women with a source by which they can become financially independent.

The community body has purportedly prepared and helped these ladies drivers secure credits from banks to purchase auto rickshaws to procure a living. The metropolitan partnership has tied with Bank of Baroda (BOB) for giving credits at seven percent interest to lady drivers to buy their auto rickshaws. The Bank of Baroda has endorsed Rs 84,000 credit for every auto to every lady candidate with 25 percent subsidy for the vehicle originating from the local government scheme. They can without much of a stretch pay their regularly scheduled payment to the bank and furthermore sufficiently spare cash.

They have also been given the driving licence and they have also been additionally helped by getting work from schools in the nearby area. The main focus is laid on girls' schools and girl students for being the lady drivers.

In the city of Surat, 15 women have begun working presently and are expected to earn a minimum amount of Rs 18,000 per month by ferrying schoolchildren and passengers in the city. The Surat Municipal Corporation has helped the women in Surat to buy these auto-rickshaws at very subsidized rates at the same time providing them a channel of easy payment and educating them to earn considerable living.