the applicants having valid and current public service vehicle psv badges and driving licence are eligible for the scheme the application process started on monday will continue for fifteen days new delhithe delhi governments transport department till tuesday evening has received over 34000 applications from drivers of praratransit vehicles for the onetime financial assistance scheme launched to support them during the lockdown the applicants include auto taxi erickshaw school cab drivers who have been rendered idle due to restriction on movement in the city to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus advt they will be provided rs 5000 each by the delhi government under the scheme delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal urged the drivers to have patience as the official website witnessed heavy traffic of applicants he assured that all of them will get the assistance of rs 5000 we have started the process of providing rs 5000 compensation to paratransit drivers i have received some complaints regarding the nonfunctioning of the website which is because the portal is overloaded because many people are registering on the portal at one go the chief minister said i want to appeal to all the people registering on the portal to stay patient every one of you will be provided the compensation kejriwal said in a media briefing read alsopetrol pump operators seek financial support as losses mount on falling fuel salesautomobile dealers seek immediate financial support from oems govt to stay afloatdelhis transport minister kailash gahlot said in a tweet that more than 34000 online applications were received by 730 pm on tuesday the entire transport dept is working round the clock to ensure that much needed help reaches immediately he tweeted earlier the applicants having valid and current public service vehicle psv badges and driving licence are eligible for the scheme the application process started on monday will continue for fifteen days advt the minister said he has directed the transport commissioner to find ways for accepting applications of para transit drivers having lifetime psv badges not having chips issued before 2010 some auto and taxi unions have raised the issue saying thousands of auto and taxi drivers having these old badges are not able to apply for the scheme gahlot said that the sarathi software of the transport ministry has no data of such nonchip psv badges he said that two extra helpline numbers have been started by the department to assist the drivers to fill their application forms pti published on apr 15 2020 at 0943 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis