Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes Thursday launched an integrated national transport portal for booking bus tickets online, an official release said.
"Busindia.com" also brings together bus transport operators from across the country under a single window, facilitating passengers to plan their bus travel across cities with ease.
The portal has integrated 16 transport corporations from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha, Meghalaya and Gujarat in Phase I.
Phase II will see a lot more destinations, the release said.
"This is an important milestone in transportation services in our country and I am proud we have been able to achieve this," said Fernandes.