NEW DELHI: The government’s think tank NITI Aayog has proposed that only electric vehicles should be sold after 2030, expanding the scope of the clean fuel technology beyond two- and three-wheelers. Earlier, a panel headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant had suggested that only electric-powered three-wheelers and two-wheelers with engine capacity of up to […]
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to meet auto CEOs on e-vehicle road map
India is the world’s largest market for two- and three-wheelers. It sold 21,181,390 units of two-wheelers and 701,011 units of three-wheelers in the year that ended in March 2019 NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant (pictured) is likely to meet the heads of all two- and three-wheeler companies in New Delhi on June 21 […]
Modi govt plans big revamp of top bureaucracy, to induct 400 experts from private sector
The report said that officials of his Department of Personnel & Training have been asked to prepare a proposal for inducting 400 domain experts to fill DS/Director posts. Two months after it inducted 9 private sector specialists as joint secretaries, the Narendra Modi government is mulling to rope in subject experts from the private sector […]
NITI Aayog’s electric mobility proposal irks India’s auto industry
CII has expressed concerns over the timing of the move and the haste with which the government is pushing through electric mobility Government think-tank NITI Aayog’s proposal calling for replacement of various categories of vehicles by electric vehicles (EVs) within a certain time has irked India’s auto industry and prompted the Confederation of India Industry […]
Niti Aayog seeks ministry help for EV charging infra at petrol pumps
In setting up EV charging stations at fuel pumps, both policymakers and govt have a big test on their hands. Government think tank Niti Aayog has asked the oil ministry to help set up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure at 1,000 fuel stations across the country, but industry executives said any such move will require […]
NITI Aayog Asks Oil Ministry To Set Up EV Charging Infrastructure At Fuel Stations
Industry players will have to redesign the stations to comply with this move Earlier, it had also suggested the government to accelerate the depreciation benefit for cab operators NITI Aayog has been looking for ways to boost emobility in India Government policy think tank NITI Aayog has directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas […]
Ministries, PSUs, power firms gear up to charge India’s electric vehicles
Significant investment is being mobilised by public and private sectors to manufacture and install electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) infrastructure across India At least half-a-dozen public sector firms, the railways and various ministries are in the process of creating infrastructure and manufacturing components for electric vehicles (EVs). By one estimate, the size of the EV […]
In a first, govt appoints nine professionals as joint secretaries
The Personnel Ministry had in June last year invited applications for the joint secretary-rank posts through “lateral entry” mode. In a first, nine private sector specialists have been selected for appointment as joint secretaries in central government departments. Usually, the posts of joint secretaries are manned by the officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian […]
Electric Vehicles This Week: NITI Aayog Suggests Ways To Boost EV Adaptation
Essel Group has dissolved its electric vehicle vertical According to Crisil, 95% of electric-two wheelers may not be eligible for central subsidies NITI Aayog suggested accelerated depreciation for cab operators to boost EV adaptation If you feel the electric vehicle space has now removed some of its teething issues with the launch of the second […]
India can save Rs 17,000 crore if electric vehicles hit the road by 2030: NITI Aayog and RMI
India could realize EV sales penetration of 30 percent of private cars, 70 percent of commercial cars, 40 percent of buses and 80 percent of two- and three-wheelers by 2030 if FAME II and other measures are successful, report says. Thinktank NITI Aayog and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) have launched a report on the […]