New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced a subsidy scheme to promote use of battery-operated two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the state. The decision to subsidize e-vehicles come as the state govt focuses on controlling the pollution levels in the state.
Announcing the scheme for two-wheelers and three-wheelers, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani announced that govt will provide subsidy of 12,000 rupees to school students studying in Standard-9th to colleges for purchasing e-scooters.
Under this scheme, the government will provide assistance to students studying from Class 9 to college to purchase battery-powered two-wheelers. The target is to provide this assistance to 10,000 such vehicles.
Similarly, a subsidy of 48,000 rupees will be given for three-wheeler e-rickshaw for individual and institutional beneficiaries. This subsidy will be given for 5,000 e-rickshaw.
Chief Minister also announced 50-lakh rupee scheme for creating necessary infrastructure for charging e-vehicles. This was announced on the occasion of foundation day of the climate change department in the state yesterday.
The Climate Change department also signed MoU with 10 entities to work on mitigating the effects of climate change and increasing use of renewable energy via the usage of space technology and geo-informatics.
