Krishan Pal Gurjar who is the Union Minister for the Heavy Industries has reveled that the steps are being taken from the government towards addressing many challenges faced for the adoption of the electric vehicle acceptance.
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The minister in a reply in the Lok Sabha said that close to 7.5 lakh electric vehicles have been helped till the month of December 2022 through the demand incentive which amounts to close to 3200 crores. This has been done as per the Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme. Further, the MHI has also sanctioned 6315 e-busses to the 65 cities/State governments/STUs and other entities of governments. This has been done for the fast adoption and the manufacturing of the electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles in the country.
There has been an allocation of 10000 crore for the next phase which is going to offer the support on both the shared and public transportation along with electrification. There are incentives which are provided to the buyers of the electric vehicles in the form of the upfront reduction in purchase prices
He further mentioned the steps which have been taken from the government for addressing the challenges faced in the adoption of the electric vehicles in the country. Different policies have helped in making the electric vehicles at cost with the par with the ICE two-wheelers.
The country has been in need for the reforms as there are different parts of this country are going through serious problems such as air pollution and population explosion. This is going to need to be controlled otherwise it would affect the health of the population in the market. The growth of the electric vehicles in the market will need a few more campaigns along with the awareness drives. Subsidies too will play a key role in the growth of the electric vehicles.