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New Delhi, Aug 05: The Centre on Friday mentioned that 13,92,265 Electrical Automobiles (EVs) are at present on the Indian roads.
In a written reply to a query within the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar knowledgeable that the best variety of electrical automobiles in India is three-wheeler.
As per information out there with the Ministry of Street Transport and Highways, out of 13,92,265 Electrical Automobiles within the nation, 7,93,370 are three-wheeler, 5,44,643 are two-wheeler and 54,252 are four-wheeler and above. The numbers talked about are as of August 3.
In keeping with the info, the sale of EVs in FY 2021-22 has gone up over 3 times as in comparison with sale of EVs in FY 2020-21 from to 1,34,460. The minister knowledgeable the parliament that the federal government has taken quite a few steps to spice up the adoption of electrical automobiles within the nation.
The federal government on twelfth Could, 2021 authorised the Manufacturing Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of Superior Chemistry Cell (ACC) within the nation as a way to deliver down costs of battery within the nation.
Drop in battery costs will lead to value discount of electrical automobiles. Electrical Automobiles are eligible for incentives below PLI scheme for Car and auto Elements, which was authorised on fifteenth September 2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs 25,938 crore for a interval of 5 years. GST on electrical automobiles has been lowered from 12 per cent to five per cent; GST on chargers/ charging stations for electrical automobiles has been lowered from 18 per cent to five per cent. Ministry of Street Transport & Highways (MoRTH) introduced that battery-operated automobiles shall be given inexperienced license plates and be exempted from allow necessities. MoRTH issued a notification advising states to waive highway tax on EVs, which in flip will assist cut back the preliminary value of EVs, the minister knowledgeable.
