Abstract:

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. Goa has recently announced that it will offer subsidies to 11,000 electric vehicles every year for the next five years. So this policy will be implemented for 5 years. Let us know more about Goa draft EV policy. The government has plans to subsidise 10,000 electric two-wheelers, 500 electric four-wheelers and 500 electric three-wheelers. It has been capped at Rs 1 crore for three-wheelers, and for four-wheelers, the limit is Rs 14 crore. As a whole, the annual subsidy on electric vehicles will not go beyond Rs 25 crore. The clean mobility program will be applicable for the first 10,000 electric two-wheelers sold in the state. It will reduce 5,000 tons of CO2 emissions every year and removes 10% of pollution from the state. The state government had also announced that it would be waiving off registration charges for the first 10,000 electric 2-wheelers.