The Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Patiala was set-up on 16th of October, 1956 under the provision of the Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950 with a view to provide efficient, adequate, economic and properly co-ordinated operation system of Road Transport Services in the State. It commenced passenger transport operations with a meagre investment of Rs. 25.00 lacs and the fleet of 60 buses covering 11,107 daily scheduled kilometers on 15 routes with 345 employees. At present, the PRTC had 704 owned & 251 KM Scheme ordinary buses, 2 own & 11 Integral Coaches under KM Scheme and 59 own HVAC buses, being operated on 577 routes (including inter-state routes) by covering a daily mileage of 355827 kilometers. It has 2271 Regular Employees, 1460 Through Outsourcing, 83 PESCO Personnel, 186 on PRTC Contract Total 4000 employees as on 30.04.2012. There are 10 depots of the Corporation located at Patiala, Bathinda, Kapurthala,Barnala, Sangrur, Budhlada, Faridkot, Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Special Cell of KM Scheme at Patiala.