The Delhi Government on Saturday announced that it has notified a draft policy under the Environment (Protection) Act 1986, has notified a draft policy on Friday, to mandate all aggregators and delivery service providers to adopt electric vehicles in their newly onboarded fleets for operations.
With this, Delhi has become the first Indian state to adopt an aggregator policy to regulate vehicular emissions from the ride-hailing industry.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the Delhi government has taken a robust initiative to combat air pollution. “The draft policy has been placed for public opinion for 60 days,” Rai said. “The policy will provide a necessary push to the aggregator industry to become environment friendly,” he added.
