Govt to prepare public transport policy with focus on electric vehicles

The government is preparing to implement policies to support public transport in most cities in the country. As a part of the push towards expanding public transport infrastructure, the electric vehicle industry is likely to get additional support from the government, an Autocar Professional report said quoting Tarun Kapoor who is Advisor to the Prime Minister. Kapoor was speaking at a Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) roundtable on Electric Mobility.

While the government is working out the policies to expand the public transport infrastructure in the country, there is a special emphasis on making the transition to using electric vehicles and not diesel-powered ones.