View: Delhi EV Policy 2.0 must offer incentives, schemes and subsidies to propel EV demand

The Delhi Government is expected to announce its EV Policy 2.0 soon. This is well-timed and also the need of the hour, considering the air pollution menace and the need to ensure that the future of city’s transportation caters to growing urban needs, sustainably. Earlier, the State Government’s EV Policy 2020 was successful in many ways in supporting the development of a robust e-mobility ecosystem in the national capital. It largely focused on incentivizing EV purchase, setting up of charging stations along with a highly subsidized tariff structure to encourage EV adoption which brought positive results.