Govt working on measures to increase sales of electric vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

11 Nov 2021 Evaluate

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the government is working on measures to increase the sales of electric vehicles and in the next two years the cost of EVs in India will drop to the level of petrol vehicles. Further, Gadkari said that to reduce import of fossil fuel, the government is encouraging use of alternate fuel like ethanol, CNG.

He said ‘We import 80 per cent plus of our petrol and diesel requirements. We import petrol and diesel worth Rs 8 lakh crore. If we will continue to depend on fossil fuels then in the next five years, our import bill will rise to Rs 25 lakh crore.’

He said that if fuel cost of a petrol vehicle per month is Rs 12,000-15,000, then in case of electric vehicle, it will be Rs 2,000. With an aim to promote eco-friendly vehicles, the government had launched the FAME India scheme (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Strong) Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India) in 2015.

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