Hyderabad, Oct 29 (PTI) The Telangana government hasprepared a draft policy on electric vehicles which proposesbenefits for manufacturers and to put in place the necessarysupport system towards embracing the new mode of transport.
The policy has three components -- for manufacturers,users and support mechanisms, an official said.
"The policy has been drafted. We have consulted theindustry (players) to find out what are their expectations andmost of those expectations have been included in the draftpolicy," the state's IT and industries secretary, JayeshRanjan, told PTI here.
"The policy has three components. One is formanufacturers. Those who want to manufacture electric vehiclesin Telangana, what benefits, advantages and infrastructuresupport they will get," he said.
The second component in the draft policy is about thesupport for users who want to shift to electric vehicles fromregular vehicles, Ranjan said.
"Suppose I am using a regular car. If I want to shiftto an electric vehicle, what kind of support I will get," hesaid.
"The third component is about infrastructure. Because,to sustain electric vehicles, you require charginginfrastructure. Who will build that charging infrastructure;if some private sector person is coming to build it up, whatkind of support they will get. That will also be covered inthe policy," the official said.
The draft policy has guidelines on facilitating thepublic transport to shift to the electric mode, Ranjan said.
"Finally, there will be something on public transport.
What has been seen the world over is that moving a city intoelectric vehicle has to come from the leadership of the publictransport providers," he said.
"For example, buses, taxis, autorickshaws, all thesepeople, how do you make them switch over to electric vehicles,the policy answers all these things," Ranjan said.
The draft policy would be shared with a number ofother government departments to take their views before itgoes for approval to the ministers and the chief minister, theofficial said.
"Now, the draft policy has been prepared. It will beshared with other government departments, like transport,traffic police, municipal administration, energy...their viewswill be taken. It will go through a process of approval," headded. PTI SJRGK.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.