NITI Aayog spearheads efforts to standardise battery swapping policy

The Centre is planning to initiate fresh consultations to finalise interoperable standards for battery-swapping policies, Business Standard has learnt. As part of this endeavour, NITI Aayog — public policy think tank of the Government of India — has urged the Ministry of Heavy Industries to convene a meeting with industry stakeholders.

This move comes months after the industry failed to reach a consensus on the battery-swapping policy draft dated April 20, 2022.

Sources indicate that a high-level meeting involving key stakeholders is in the offing. Expected participants include representatives from the Aayog, the Ministry of Power, the Department of Science and Technology, the Bureau of Indian Standards, and the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials.