Electrical vehicles & automobiles get exemption running on alternative fuel from permit requirements

New Delhi, September 7: In a bid to boost such vehicles in the country to bring down pollution, Government has decided to exempt electric vehicles and automobiles run on alternative fuel from permit requirements.

 

This was stated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari while addressing the annual convention of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Thursday.

Urging automakers to focus in this direction, the minister said demand for electric vehicles could also be created by mandating cab aggregators to induct a certain percentage of such vehicles in their fleet.

India aims to have at least 15 percent of the vehicles on its roads to be electric in five years, an official said, signaling the government’s wish to join a long list of countries around the world that are already seeking to cut fossil fuels aggressively.

“If at least 15 percent comes in the next five years, it will be useful for the country,” Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday at a conference organized by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers in New Delhi. “This is a time for the country to think seriously about pollution.”