Delhi: 25% vehicles to be electric by 2030

In a major move to fight air pollution, the Delhi government on Tuesday released its draft “Electric Vehicle Policy 2018”, which aims to ensure adoption of 25 per cent e-vehicles among new registrations by 2023. Speaking on the policy, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said: “About 30 per cent of particulate pollution in winter is caused by vehicles. A rapid adoption of zero-emission electric vehicles is therefore of great importance to Delhi.”

Concerned about the increasing level of air pollution, the Delhi government through this policy has planned to create a significant corpus of funds to incentivise every vehicle segment. “All incentives are in addition to the incentive offered by the Government of India as part of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME) and any subsequent amendments thereof,” Mr Gahlot’s office said in a statement.

On e-buses, a Delhi government statement said that at least 50 per cent of all new buses procured for the city fleet — starting with the induction of 1,000 electric buses in 2019 — would be completely electric.