AMC budget: Focus on renewable energy, use of electric vehicles

In a bid to promote use of electric vehicles and renewable energy, Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Lochan Sehra in the draft budget for 2022-23 tabled on Wednesday proposed a solar rooftop incentive policy and incentives for use of electric vehicles.

The budget, tabled in the election year, has proposed no increase in property tax, water and conservancy tax and vehicle tax.

With an increase of Rs 636 crore from last year, the commissioner has tabled the draft budget of Rs 8,111 crore.

The draft budget has proposed 300 locations to be identified for electric vehicle charging stations along with a provision for a separate budget for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.