NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank, has proposed that only electric vehicles should be sold
after 2030. The move is to expand the scope of the clean fuel
technology beyond two- and three-wheelers.
Proposal
to Ministries:
♦ It also seeks to fix responsibility for
different ministries. It had asked the Ministry
of road transport and highways to prepare a framework
to phase out the
sale of diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030.
♦ It has also suggested that the ministry to
roll out an e-highways
programme, with an overhead electricity network, to enable
plying of trucks and buses on select National Highways.
♦ It directed the Ministry of Heavy Industries
to go for complete replacement of all diesel/ petrol vehicles with EVs of all
central ministries, agencies and public sector by 2030.
♦ The proposals are part of the plan to
manufacture 50
Gigawatt hour (GWh) batteries by 2030.
Earlier, a panel headed by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh
Kant had suggested that only electric-powered
three-wheelers and two-wheelers with an engine capacity of up to 150 cc should be sold from 2025.
