Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday introduced a new electric vehicle policy, which aims to accelerate the economy in the national capital, generate employment and reduce air pollution. At the press conference, the Chief Minister said that today we have notified the electric vehicle policy. With this policy, we aim to accelerate the economy of Delhi and reduce air pollution in the national capital.

Incentives will be provided by the State Government on the purchase of new electric vehicles in Delhi. In this, relief of Rs 30,000 will be given on the purchase of electric two wheelers, Rs 1.5 lakh on a car, Rs 30,000 on an auto rickshaw, up to Rs 30,000 on an e-rickshaw and up to Rs 30,000 on a freight vehicle. Incentives are also given by the Central Government on electric vehicles, but the incentives given in Delhi will be different from that.

Kejriwal said that with this new policy, we have set a target of registration of 5 lakh electric vehicles in the next 5 years. Scrapping incentives will also be given in Delhi, under which loans will be given on cheap interest to buy electric commercial vehicles. Both registration fee and road tax will be waived on electric vehicles. A network of charging stations will be formed throughout Delhi. A target has been set to construct 200 charging stations in 1 year. A charging station will be built every 3 kilometers.