NITI Aayog at the forefront of Centre’s move to promote electric vehicles

The Centre’s primary think tank NITI Aayog has been at the receiving end, mostly on issues linked to electric vehicles (EVs), over the last few days.

If Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that it was the mandate of his ministry and not that of NITI Aayog to take a call on vehicle technology, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier stated that the government viewpoint did not always match that of the think tank.

Gadkari was addressing industry concern at a conference over Niti Aayog’s tough stance regarding stopping registration of vehicle using Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) to promote the use of EVs.

NITI Aayog has been at the forefront of the Centre’s move to promote EVs to cut down on pollution.