Electric vehicles usage should be made mandatory for all government officials: Gadkari

NEW DELHI: Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday made a case for making it mandatory to use electric vehicles for all officials in government ministries and department.

He also suggested that government should give subsidy to buy electric cooking appliances instead of giving support for buying cooking gas to households.

Addressing at the launch Go Electric campaign, Gadkari said, “Why don’t we provide subsidy on electric cooking appliances. We already provide subsidy on cooking gas.” He was of the view that electricity cooking is clean and will also reduce import dependence for gas.