The key purpose of the paper seeks to examine the efficiency of state transport undertaking in Rajasthan state. This paper seeks to analyses the general status of public transport in the state and the efficiency of the Rajasthan state transport undertaking. In the state, Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is run by the state government. It is the largest service provider of intercity buses which are connecting with the different districts of Rajasthan and its neighboring states. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has been applied for measuring the efficiency score. In the DEA approach, the Charness, Cooper and Rhodes (CCR, 1978) and Banker, Chames and Cooper (BCC, 1984) models applied for calculating the overall technical efficiency (OTE) and pure technical efficiency (PTE). The efficient DMUs were set as a benchmark unit for inefficient units for making them efficient. The average efficiency score of OTE, PTE, and scale efficiency (SE) for Rajasthan roadways is 0.83, 0.84 and 0.98. The study found the total average efficiency for all the depots of Rajasthan roadways in 2020-21 is 0.88. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) suggested that if a DMU is inefficient it can improve its efficiency score only by making the changes in its output and input assumed to be constant. Therefore, the efficiency score indicated that there are 12 percentage improvements required in output only. The study recommends that for long-term efficiency the most efficient depots should act as benchmark units for inefficient depots.
Originality/Value: The present paper considers 50 large-size depots (large in fleet and daily passengers carried) of Rajasthan for evaluating the efficiency for the period 2020-21. The results of the study conclude that the public transport should be exhilarated by the government so that it may leads to reduce the congestion on roads and pathways towards sustainability.
Key words: Fleet size, State transport, Scale efficiency.
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