Incentives worth Rs 300 cr for promotion of electric vehicles

Incentives worth Rs 300 cr for promotion of electric vehicles

Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday said the government would provide incentives worth around Rs 300 crore in three years to promote electric vehicles for reducing pollution in the state.

Presiding over a meeting of the state-level EV committee, the state body, constituted to implement the Electric Vehicle Policy-2023, here, Bhullar stated that the incentives would be provided on electric two-wheelers, e-cycles, e-rickshaws, e-autos and electric light commercial vehicles. He directed officials of the Transport Department to write a letter to the Finance Department for creating an EV fund to facilitate initiatives for the adoption of the EVs.