New Delhi: Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday said since the launch of Delhi government’s Electric Vehicle (EV) policy in August last year, the first 1,000 electric cars registered in Delhi had been provided subsidy and more than Rs10 crore disbursed to 700 e-cars already.
The share of electric cars in annual car sales was 0.1% when the EV policy was launched by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 7. To promote EVs, a purchase incentive of Rs10,000/kWh of battery capacity was provided with a maximum limit of Rs 1.5 lakh per e-car.
“Delhi government has neither withdrawn nor stopped the EV subsidy on four-wheelers. The subsidy, as mandated under the Delhi EV policy, is only applicable for the first 1,000 e-cars, and we’ve already reached the limit,” Gahlot said in a statement. “The department has disbursed Rs 10.47 crore for 700 e-cars. It will soon publish a list of all registered 1,000 cars that are eligible for subsidy,” he added.
As part of the policy, Delhi government provides Rs 30,000 purchase incentive for average e-two-wheeler with 2kWh battery and Rs 30,000 as purchase incentive for e-autorickshaws, e-rickshaws, e-carriers etc. Apart from this, the government also provides Rs 5,000 incentive for scrapping old two-wheelers for an electric one and a 100% subsidy for the purchase of charging equipment up to Rs 6,000 per charging point under the EV policy.
In the statement, Gahlot clarified the exact line from the EV policy, which reads — “A purchase incentive of Rs 10,000/kWh of battery capacity shall be provided per electric four-wheeler (subject to a maximum incentive of Rs1,50,000 per vehicle) to the registered owners of the first 1,000 e-cars to be registered in Delhi after the issuance of this policy.”
Delhi government aims that electric vehicle shall contribute to 25% of the newly registered vehicles across Delhi by 2024, and total 5 lakh electric vehicles in Delhi in the next four years.
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Over 1.5 lakh vehicles were registered in the said period, including 7,869 electric vehicles, 6,857 CNG vehicles, 7,257 vehicles driven on both CNG and petrol, and 93,091 vehicles driven on petrol or diesel.
Delhi EV Policy 2020 notified by the Arvind Kejriwal government last year had said the subsidies were only available to the first 1000 cars, subject to a cap of Rs 1,50,000 per vehicle .