Delhi’s first 10,000 electric cycle buyers will each get purchase incentives of 25% (up to ₹5,500), while the first 1,000 will get an extra incentive of ₹2,000, the state government said on Thursday as it unveiled a major plan to push e-cycles in the national capital, as part of its ongoing efforts to expand the city’s electric vehicle market. The announcement comes even as Delhi added nearly 500 charging points to its arsenal since December last year, taking the count to 825, among the country’s highest.
Delhi is the first Indian state to introduce such a policy and carve out a separate category for electric cycles, delinked from two-, three- and four-wheelers, state transport minister Kailash Gahlot said during a press conference on Thursday.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in tweet described the move as another important step in the fight against pollution. “Delhi government’s hugely successful e-vehicle subsidy policy is being enhanced with a subsidy for electric bicycles today. E-cycles will help Delhiites reduce the use of polluting vehicles,” Kejriwal said.
