Delhi Transport Department Committee to Review Draft EV Policy
The Delhi Transport Department has formed a nine-member committee to review Delhi’s draft EV policy. The committee will also take up the issue of phasing out CNG auto-rickshaws and fossil fuel-based two-wheelers, among others.
May 17, 2025. By News Bureau
The committee will discuss the environmental factors and waste management in terms of managing batteries and suggest specific solutions and targets for battery disposal. It will take up issues like phasing out CNG auto-rickshaws and fossil fuel-based two-wheelers, according to officials aware of the matter.
The committee will also discuss infrastructure and transition planning from CNG and fossil fuel-based vehicles, exploring options for utilisation and tapping of carbon credits, increasing and optimising charging infrastructure, energy integration and upgradation of grid capacity, enhancing last-mile connectivity by specific deployment of e-rickshaws.
The draft policy proposal had suggested 100 percent EV uptake in Delhi in the next three years, phasing out CNG-powered three-wheelers and replacing them with electric auto rickshaws by August 2025. It had also suggested that petrol, diesel, and CNG two-wheeler registration shall not be allowed after August 15, 2026.
The committee will be chaired by Transport Commissioner, while its members will include Chairman cum Managing Director of DTC, Special Commissioner (Transport), Joint Commissioner of Bus Transport, K Ramachandra Rao from Transportation Research and Injury Prevention (TRIP) Centre of IIT Delhi, Sudhendu Jyoti Sinha from Niti Aayog, CEO of BSES, CEO of CESL and Joint Commissioner (Transport) of EV Cell.
The current EV policy offers a range of incentives, including a 25 percent purchase subsidy (up to INR 5,500) for e-cycles, INR 30,000 for e-rickshaws and e-carts, INR 5,000 per kWh of battery capacity (capped at INR 30,000) for two-wheelers, and INR 30,000 for e-light commercial vehicles.
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