Dept.of Economic Affairs, MoF in partnership with EESL adopts E-Mobility Programme

Marking the adoption of e-mobility, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has announced that it has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for deployment of 15 Electric Vehicles for their officers. Also, 28 charging points (24 Slow charging points, 4 Fast Charging Points) have been installed at North Block for charging these vehicles.

The signing ceremony took place in the august presence of Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs; R.K. Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State (IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy; Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Secretary, Department of Revenue; Ajay Narayan Jha, Finance Secretary & Secretary(Expenditure); Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; and Shri Ajay Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power.Hon’ble Minister, Arun Jaitley also flagged of EVs at the North Block.

With this development, the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance begins its transition towards a reduced carbon footprint and a more environmentally sustainable future.It also marks its participation in India’s e-mobility goal of 30 percent fleet electrification by 2030. Several stakeholders across the nation are already implementing many initiatives to support electric mobility with more expected to join the effort.

The Department of Expenditure has also issued an office memorandum for all the government offices in Delhi/NCR to switch to electric vehicles. Adoption of electric vehicles will reduce dependence on oil imports and promote power capacity addition in India thereby enhancing energy security of the country. It will further reduce GHG emissions from the transport sectorand alsoreduce the impact of pollution level in the cities.

Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, said, “Electric mobility, is an attractive, sustainable and profitable solution to mitigate climate change and the risk to public health caused by vehicular emission. EVs have the potential to support India’s growth by enhancing manufacturing, job creation, and technical capabilities. We are glad to be a part of India’s mission of rapidadoption of e-mobility.”

Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) Power, New & Renewable Energy, RK Singh said, “The Indian Government is committed to usher in an era of clean, green and future-oriented technologies in the country. Today, we have achieved yet another milestone in that direction. The Government is promoting e-mobility by taking a lead in changing the fleet of cars used for official purposes with electric cars and at the same time creating the right policy framework enabling this ecosystem and to support its adoption.”

With these 15 EVs, Department of Economic Affairs is expected to save over 36,000 litres of fuel every year and will also lead to a reduction of over 440 tonnes of CO2 annually.