Abstract:

The Jharkhand Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2022, which was notified on October 7, has provided a slew of incentives to scale up the EV ecosystem in the state, eyeing the rush to buy vehicles during Dhanteras. According to the notification, if someone buys a new electric car in the state, he will get a rebate of up to Rs 1.5 lakh. A discount of Rs 10,000 will be given on the purchase of an electric scooty or bike, Rs 30,000 on electric auto, and up to Rs 20 lakh on the purchase of an e-bus. The incentives are for early birds. The EV car buyers will get the grant till 10,000 cars are purchased, similarly, the incentives for electric scooty or bikes will be till the purchase of one lakh such vehicles across the state and the incentive will apply for e-autos till the purchase of 15,000 such vehicles.