Maharashtra bus advertising rate card
Per bus, per 30 days, before GST. You pay the display rent every month. Printing and mounting is a one-off charge per bus, and you pay it again if you change the design partway through. Ask us to confirm the current rate before you build a budget on it.
The number worth planning around
A 450 sq ft full wrap in Pune is ₹35.56 per square foot per month. The comparable wrap in Mumbai is ₹76.36, the same medium, the same state, 2.1× the price. If your audience works in either city, that spread is the biggest single efficiency on a Maharashtra plan.
- Marcopolo Non-AC · Full Wrap: More wrap area than the AC variant, for less money.
- Marcopolo AC · Full Wrap: The widest spread on the card, a ₹20,000 gap depending on depot and volume.
- Tata Standard (Old / New) · Rear Panel: At the lower end production is included, and the rate falls to ₹22,000 per month over 3 months.
- Switch Double-Decker (AC Electric) · Full Wrap: Quoted against a 50-bus fleet. The single largest mobile surface available in the state.
- Cityflo AC Commuter · Full Wrap: Private inventory, with no municipal approval cycle.
- Tata Standard (Old / New) · Full Wrap: Quantity 50 buses, printing and mounting included. Falls to ₹40,000 per month on a 3-month booking.
- MBMT 9 m Non-AC · Interior Media: The cheapest entry point into Mumbai-region transit advertising in the entire card.
- MBMT 12 m Non-AC · Interior Media: Same rate quoted for the AC 12 m at 62 sq ft.
- PMPML Solus · Solus Wrap: The best value full wrap in Maharashtra. Held for three months, revised around festival season.
- PMPML Solus · Solus Wrap: All-inclusive per unit: editing, printing, stitching, transport and installation. 50% advance against PI, balance within 5 working days of final report.
- PMPML AC Solus · Full Wrap + Interior: Interior and exterior on the same bus, as a single buy.
- PMPML Solus · Combo Panel: Rear plus both sides. Roughly half the cost of a Mumbai rear panel alone.
Reading this card
Pune is booked depot-wise, not bus-wise
PMPML confirms bookings against a depot: Swargate, Katraj, Hadapsar, Kothrud, Market Yard, Corporation, Shewalwadi, Balewadi, Pimpri, Nigdi or Bhosri. You choose the depot and therefore the routes; the buses are allotted from it. So plan from the depot map, not from a list of routes.
Changing the creative mid-campaign costs money again
Display rent is monthly. Printing and mounting is a one-time charge per bus, and it is charged again in full if you change the design once the campaign is running. Lock the artwork before production starts.
Add 18% GST to every price here
Every rate on this site is before GST, quoted per bus per 30 days. Transit advertising comes under HSN/SAC 998361, so 18% goes on the total invoice.
Production needs four to seven working days
Counted from the point we have artwork, the purchase order and payment, not from the day you brief us. Build it into the launch date.
Rates move with the season
Rates move around festival periods, and most quotes hold for about three months. Treat every figure here as a guide and ask us to confirm the current rate before you build a budget on it.
Vinyl damage is not usually covered
Standard industry terms exclude torn, stolen or overlapped vinyl. We are telling you now instead of leaving it in the contract for later. We also check the fleet while the campaign runs, so damage gets fixed while it still matters.
GST of 18% applies on the total invoice and is never included above. Rates are a baseline for planning, not a standing offer. Availability and price are confirmed at the point of booking.
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