Administrator approves draft Electric Vehicle Policy for Chandigarh UT

The Rising Punjab Bureau

The Union Territory Chandigarh has framed a “Draft Electric Vehicle Policy, 2022” which has been approved by the Administrator, Chandigarh, Banwarilal Purohit in order to make Chandigarh a “Model EV City‟ by achieving one of the highest penetration of zero emission vehicles (ZEV) amongst all Indian cities by the end of the Policy period of five years.

The “Draft Electric Vehicle Policy, 2022” has been notified and kept in the public domain for a period of thirty days for inviting suggestions/comments of all the stakeholders and general public of UT Chandigarh.

This Draft Policy shall be available on official website of the department: solar.chd.gov.in under News & Updates Section as well as on Chandigarh Administration’s website: chandigarh.gov.in.

The Chandigarh Electric Vehicle Policy has the provision to incentivise the adoption of all vehicle categories such as e-Bicycles, e-2 wheelers, e-Carts, e- Autos, e-Goods Carrier (L5N and N1), e-4 wheelers (personal and commercial) which is over & above FAME-II policy incentives provided by Govt. of India and will be applicable for only those Electric Vehicles which will be purchased and registered in Chandigarh.

In addition to this, a special Early Bird Incentive is also to be given to the vehicles purchased and registered in the first year of the policy period. The Chandigarh Electric Vehicle Policy will also help in creating Public Charging Infrastructure within every sector and in the first two years of the policy period, 100 number of Public Charging Stations will be installed in UT Chandigarh.

The Chandigarh Administration has requested the public that any suggestion/comment for inclusion or omission in the draft EV Policy may be brought to the notice of the Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Renewable Energy & Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST), UT Chandigarh, Office: Paryavaran Bhawan (1st Floor), Sector 19-B, Chandigarh, within the stipulated period from the date of issue of the draft notification, either in-person, post or email.