Government thinktank NITI Aayog has reportedly proposed that only electric vehicles (EV) should be sold after 2030, according to the Economic Times. The government think tank has moved a Cabinet note seeking to assign responsibility for different ministers, and for the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to prepare a framework to phase out the sale of diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030. NITI Aayog has also proposed that: MoRTH should be tasked with issuing norms for cab aggregators to replace all fuel run vehicles with electric vehicles by 2030 Ministry of Heavy Industries should work on replacement of fuel powered vehicles of union ministries, agencies and the public sector with EVs by 2030 Suggested that MoRTH pilot an e-highways program with an overhead electricity network to enable plying of electric trucks and buses on select national highways The Cabinet note comes just ahead of the NITI Aayog's scheduled meeting companies on June 21 following their discontent with the proposed plan to accelerate the timeline for two and three wheeler vehicles to run on batteries This development comes in after the Kant-led panel had earlier recommended a complete switch to the use of electric two and three wheelers from 2025. In response, two automobile majors TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto had said that such kind of switch is “unrealistic” and “impractical”. According to TVS Motor chairman, Venu Srinivasan, both India and the global automobile industry has to go a long way to make such a switch. NITI Aayog’s steps…
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