The Chhattisgarh Cabinet on Thursday approved its Electric Vehicle or EV policy. Apart from offering various incentives for new vehicles like other States, the thrust of the policy is on creating a robust charging infrastructure, ease conversion of existing vehicles into hybrid or electric model and incentivise manufacturing, said officials.
Shailabh Sahu, Assistant Transport Commissioner, the nodal officer for the policy drafting, said that at its core, the policy aimed at providing assurance to the prospective EV buyers that long-distance commute plans are not impacted due to fears of batteries running out of power.
A “route monopoly” was one of the ways that the Chhattisgarh government planned to address the problem, he added.
