NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today explained the use of Electric Vehicles in India.
In his reply he mentioned, Ministry of Heavy Industries formulated a Scheme namely Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015 to promote the adoption of electric/ hybrid vehicles (xEVs) in the country with an aim to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. At present, Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years w.e.f. 01st April 2019 with total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crores.
GST on electric vehicles has been reduced from 12% to 5%; GST on chargers/ charging stations for electric vehicles has been reduced from 18% to 5%.
Government vide S.O. 5333(E) dated 18th October 2018 has granted exemption from the requirements of permit to the Battery Operated Transport Vehicles and Transport Vehicles running on Ethanol and Methanol fuels. Government vide GSR 525(E) dated 2nd August 2021 has exempted Battery Operated Vehicles from the payment of fees for the purpose of issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of the new registration mark.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 under section 93 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019. As per guidelines, State Governments are to facilitate the operation of Electric/ Alternate fuel-based vehicles.
He further showed the ANNEXURE which mentioned the Use of Electrical Vehicles in 32 states and total stands of 870,141
Note: The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per centralized Vahan 4 and data for Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Lakshadweep are not been provided as they are not in centralized Vahan 4.
Source: psuconnect.in
