Telangana Unveils Electric Vehicle Policy

There will be several incentives for vehicle manufacturers, and also sops for setting up charging stations and other infrastructure.

Becoming India’s fourth state to declare its own solar policy, Telangana has unveiled electric vehicle policy which would help in the smooth transition to electric vehicles.

The policy will help the state in rolling out a new range of benefits to push forward the EV infrastructure of the state.

“There will be several incentives for vehicle manufacturers, and also sops for setting up charging stations and other infrastructure. The policy has been prepared in consultations with the industry players and most of those expectations have been included in the policy,” the official said today.

Pawan Goenka, Mahindra & Mahindra’s managing director, unveiled the policy in the presence of Telangana Industries and IT Minister K T Rama Rao and other industry leaders, the official added.

The policy has three components. One is for manufacturers. The second component in the draft policy is about the support for users who want to shift to EVs from the regular vehicle and the third component is about infrastructure, Telangana Principal Secretary-IT and Industries, Jayesh Ranjan had said earlier.