The Delhi government has decided to extend the existing EV Policy till 31 March 2026. This decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. To achieve the objective of Green Delhi, the government has increased this policy till 31 March next year. In such a situation, Delhi’s Transport Minister Pankaj Singh said that suggestions will be taken from people on the draft of the new policy, which is likely to take time.

• The current EV policy was introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party during its rule in 2020, which ended in August 2023. Since then, this policy has been extended many times.
• In view of the critical condition of air pollution in Delhi, the government is considering this policy as an important step, so that a clean and sustainable transport policy can be made in the coming time.
• According to Pankaj Singh, the reason behind increasing the time of EV policy is that private companies, people and industry experts, environmental organizations can be discussed with all the necessary aspects.

Deadline was also increased before this

• According to an HT report, the Delhi government had extended the EV policy for four months on July 15 last week. The deadline for this policy was November 15.
• During this time, the officials associated with the case had told last week that the draft of the new policy is still under review, which is yet to be approved.
• Now the Delhi government has once again increased the deadline of the EV policy to 31 March 2026.
• Pankaj Singh says that during this extended period, the major provisions of the policy will be discussed.

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Delhi electric vehicle policy 2.0: Changes are now being heard on the streets of Delhi. In the coming days, there is a possibility of removing the sheet of smoke. They are saying this because the new dawn of electric vehicles is going to knock. The Delhi government is going to hold a cabinet meeting on EV (Electric Vehicle) Policy 2.0 today (April 15), where this draft policy will be discussed.

95 percent electric vehicle by 2027
According to government officials, after the approval of the draft, the Transport Department will make it public on its website and seek suggestions from the general public and related stakeholders. Under this new policy, the government aims to have 95 percent of the vehicles registered in Delhi by the year 2027, and by 2030 the figure reached 100 percent.

First EV policy and its effect
Significantly, in the year 2020, the Aam Aadmi Party government had implemented the EV policy for the first time, which was aimed at making 25 percent of the vehicles electric by 2024. However, till now only 9.39 percent of the vehicles in Delhi have been electric.

Attractive subsidy in new policy
Many attractive subsidies are proposed to the public in the new policy. There will be subsidy on buying e-car up to 20 lakh rupees. Along with this, a direct rebate of Rs 30,000 will be given to women who buy 100 e-copy vehicles first to encourage women.

Changes in registration for e-vehicles
An official said, “Under the new policy, only e-addict and e-auto registration will be given priority from next year. Targets will also be set to shift taxi and cab services to electric mode.” Apart from this, there can also be a provision for compensation or subsidy for scrapping old petrol, CNG and diesel vehicles.

Interestingly, it will be made mandatory to have an electric vehicle to register a third vehicle at the same address. This policy will not only clean the air of Delhi, but will also set an example towards adopting EV across the country.

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