Govt employees to get concession if buying e-vehicles

Govt employees to get concession if buying e-vehicles

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chandigarh:22.10.2021

The Haryana government has decided to give a special concession to its employees on the purchase of their first e-vehicle. In addition, financial assistance of up to Rs 5 crore will be given for research and development in the field of e-mobility to any state-, national- or international-level institute in the state.

Sharing the details, deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, who also holds the portfolio of industries and commerce department, shared this information on Thursday after a meeting on ‘Haryana Electric Vehicle Policy-2021’ with senior officers of various departments.

He claimed the government was working to ensure that the policy being formulated for e-vehicle in Haryana would be the best policy in the country.

He said that for the formation of the policy, three rounds of discussions had been held with the officials and, on Thursday, the final consultations were held. The policy would be released in the next one month, he added.

The electric vehicle policy would be focusing on the manufacturers, user drivers and people setting up charging stations, in which special exemptions would be given to them, he said, adding that the state government was emphasising on promoting two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheeler e-vehicles.

He said while e-vehicles would be given exemption at the time of registration in the policy, the commercial vehicles converted from petrol or diesel to electric would also be given concession.