Road Transport Undertakings in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

This case describes the organizational form and structure of passenger road transport undertakings in Tamil Nadu. Since nationalization in 1971, major decisions regarding the organizational form were taken. Road transport undertakings were set up in Tamil Nadu under the Companies Act, which is supposed to be RTC Act (which was the then normal way of setting up RTCs), had a limit on their size and had professional management groomed within the organization.