Govt to
come out with e-vehicle policy this fiscal: Piyush Goyal
The government, he said,
wants to encourage research and development in the electric mobility sector and
aspires to be a leader in the world.
The government will
come out with a policy for promotion of electric vehicles this fiscal with an
aim to make India a global leader in the segment, Union minister Piyush Goyal
said today.
"We will see a
very robust policy (for promotion of electric vehicles) in this fiscal,"
the power and coal minister, who is on a four-day visit to Vienna and London
with a business delegation, told PTI in an interview.
"Niti Aayog has
drawn up certain ideas but the project is being looked after by the Ministry of
Heavy Industries. I am sure that will have all discussions and come up with a
robust policy because we want to encourage domestic manufacturing of electric
vehicles," Goyal said on the sidelines of the India- Austria Business Forum,
jointly organised by Ficci and the Indian Embassy in Vienna and Austrian
Economic Chambers.
The government, he
said, wants to encourage research and development in the electric mobility
sector and aspires to be a leader in the world.
India is looking at
having all electric-car fleet by 2030 with an objective of lowering the fuel
import bill and running cost of vehicles.
"We have made a
policy decision within the three ministries that all the ministerial vehicles
and the vehicles used by our PSUs in and around Delhi will be replaced by the
electric vehicles," he said.
Energy Efficiency
Services Limited (EESL) or some other company will be shortlisted to become an
aggregator of these vehicles, Goyal said.
He further said the
government is confident that it will be able to come up with such vehicles at a
cost not exceeding the current cost of hiring vehicles.
Goyal had earlier said
initially the government can handhold the electric vehicle industry for 2-3
years to help it stabilise.
Citing the example of Maruti, which has logged over 30 per
cent profit this time, he had explained that the government had supported
India's largest car maker initially, which eventually led to development of the
big automotive industry in the country.
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Source:Moneycontrol.com
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