The government of Goa has issued the draft ‘Goa Electric Mobility Promotion Policy, 2021’ for the adoption of electric vehicles and to cut down the carbon emissions making the state greener.

The vehicular population in Haryana has been increasing rapidly over the last decade. The vehicles driven on traditional fuels are the major source of environmental pollution and thereby are health hazards.

The state government of Assam notified the Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy of Assam, 2021, which will be in effect over a five-year period until 2026. During this period, the policy aims to achieve 25 percent penetration of EVs in the total number of vehicle registrations.

Government of Odisha has framed a draft "Odisha Electric Vehicle Policy, 2021" to build Odisha a model State in promotion of EVs through adoption, adaptation , research & development apart from facilitating growth in employment for circulation among the stake holders and general public.

The main objective of the Electric Bike Taxi Scheme 2021 is to reduce the travel time and inconvenience faced by the public, travelling from their homes to bus stands, railway and metro services, especially Bengaluru. Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi Scheme 2021 will serve as a bridge between public transport and daily travellers.

This notification of Draft Battery Waste Management Rules, 2020 was published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on 20th February 2020.

The ‘Telangana Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage Policy 2020-2030’ builds upon FAME II scheme being implemented since April 2019 by Department of Heavy Industries, Govt. of India, where it also suggested States offer fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to further improve the use case for adoption of EVs.

This Policy Brief document is the translation of the original policy New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) into the English language (provided by Sebastian Ibold, Xia Yun and Xiao Shuyue of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) and published on November 02, 2020.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released this notification on 27th November 2020 listing the members of the ‘Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA)’ as constituted by the Central Government. All the activities and functions of the Apex Committee are duly mentioned in this notification.

In order to attract increased investments in charging infrastructure, policy interventions are needed that can improve the economics of EVs and charge, including reducing cost hurdles and other barriers. In the absence of government policies, insufficient charging infrastructure often presents a challenge for stakeholders. This factsheet presents recommendations on economic and policy drivers for scaling-up EV charging infrastructure to support a robust EV market in India for 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers, ride-hailing vehicles, and private buses. The preliminary results and findings presented in this factsheet are based on the model analysis of the Hyderabad EV ride-hailing taxi example. The analysis and policy recommendations from this example are indicative of the other vehicle segments. Since the analysis was conducted in 2019 and before the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the vehicle segment use cases have had reduced ridership, such as shared mobility and ride-hailing taxis.