Gujarat announced subsidy support for e-bike, e-rickshaw:
The government of the state of Gujarat has declared a subsidy scheme to promote electric vehicle use. The scheme will increase charging facilities for e-vehicles, and the State Government has also announced Rs.50 lakh of financial assistance to set up charging infrastructure. The scheme tackles the threats that climate change raises.
Scheme Highlights:
♦ The programme aims to provide students studying above Class 9 with subsidy assistance in order to buy two-wheelers.
♦ Also, three-wheelers will offer subsidy funding for individuals and institutional beneficiaries.
♦ For a battery-operated electric two-wheeler, or Rs.48,000 for such an e-rickshaw (three-wheeler), the scheme would provide a subsidy of Rs.12,000.
♦ The subsidy for the first 10,000 two-wheelers and 5,000 three-wheelers will be made available.
♦ The Gujarat State Government has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with 10 organisations for different targets in support of climate change initiatives.