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Apna Ghar: Rest Houses for Truck Drivers on Highways

2 August 20251 min read
GOVERNMENT SCHEMESApna Ghar: RestHouses for TruckDrivers onHighways2 August 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

A 2025 national initiative gives truckers a decent place to rest and eat along highways.

Key facts

  • Nodal ministry: Petroleum and Natural Gas.
  • Operators: public sector OMCs on national and state highways, with private partners.
  • Scale: 368 houses, 4,611 beds.
  • Facilities: dormitories of 10 to 30 beds, clean toilets, Houdas, self-cooking space, dhabas, purified water.
  • Technology: an app for booking and feedback.

Objectives

  • Cut driver fatigue to improve road safety.
  • Support logistics and SDG 8.

Exam angle

  • Nodal ministry and executing bodies: Petroleum Ministry; OMCs.
  • Linked goal: SDG 8.

Test yourself

1. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for the Apna Ghar initiative for truck drivers?

Apna Ghar is run under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

2. Under Apna Ghar, how many rest houses were reported operational?

368 rest houses with 4,611 beds were operational.

3. Apna Ghar rest houses are operated mainly by which type of bodies?

OMCs run them at highway fuel retail outlets.

This topic is part of Daily Current Affairs 2 August 2025 (14 topics).

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