Delhi govt approves over 100 models for subsidy under electric vehicle policy

KEY STORY

• NEW DELHI: Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Friday launched the electric vehicle policy portal for seamless disbursement of all the demand incentives for the vehicle buyers.

• The subsidy will be applicable for all vehicles registered after August 7 this year when the policy was notified while road tax will be applicable from October 10 and registration fee exemptions from October 15. The electric vehicles dealers can log into ev.delhi.gov.in and apply for the subsidy.

• Terming the whole process simple and hassle-free, Gahlot said the transport department has already approved over 100 EV models which will be eligible for this subsidy. Till now, 36 manufacturers have registered and 98 dealers have joined with us in this mission, the minister said.

• Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had recently launched a war against pollution and in the long run, the government’s electric vehicles policy would be playing a major role in reducing the pollution levels

  “One of the key actions the chief minister has announced is the EV policy. Delhi’s EV policy has been welcomed by all stakeholders and is considered as a model policy globally. It is our attempt that everything under the policy is implemented in the best way possible. Earlier this month, on October 10, 2020, it was decided that we implement the policy regarding exemption of road tax and on October 15, 2020, we implemented the exemption of registration,” minister said.

• The minister said the portal has been designed for seamless disbursement of all the demand incentives to the vehicle buyers at ev.delhi.gov.in. “Under the purchase incentive being offered as part of the Delhi EV policy, the transport department has already approved over 100 EV models which will be eligible for this subsidy,” Gahlot said.

• The 10 models comprise of 14 electric two-wheelers (Hero Electric, Okinawa, Ampere, Jitendra New EV Tech and Li-ions Electrik), 12 electric four-wheelers (Tata and Mahindra), 4 electric-autos (2- Mahindra, 1-Piaggio, and 1-Saarthi), 45 e-rickshaws models and 17 e-cart models.

• The minister hoped that the website will be a huge help for buyers to learn about all EV models and use this information in arriving at their buying decision. It involves three steps beginning with the buyer going to an EV dealer, buyer buys the electric vehicle and gives all the details necessary to get the incentive to the dealer only (e.g. sales invoice, Aadhaar, a copy of cancelled cheque). There is no need to fill any form separately in any government office.

CONCLUSION

• Each electric vehicle dealer has been provided with a dedicated login to the site ev.delhi.gov.in wherein they can file the claims for demand incentives.

• The entire approval and disbursement process is online, paperless and will be completed within three days. MLOs will be in charge of approving the claim applications.
  “We have ensured that the buyer is well-informed about the progress and status of her/his claim application – since they would be getting information through regular SMS updates.

• The transport department too will have a dashboard through which we will be able to track how many applications have been received, how many are pending for approval, at the level of the individual office.

• Real-time tracking will be facilitated,” the minister said, adding that the website has a list of electric vehicles dealers across the city, list of charging stations across the city with google-map location of each and every charging station which is segregated district-wise.