‘EVs don’t need subsidy once regime ends’: Piyush Goyal – Newz9

NEW DELHI: Electric car (EV) trade has “unanimously” agreed they will not need subsidies once current subsidy regime ends. “All sections” of the EV trade conveyed this to commerce minister Piyush Goyal in a gathering on Friday.
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“Electric mobility in India is absolutely ready and set to fly. Everybody was unanimous in the room (meeting with EV industry) that once the existing subsidy regime comes to an end, none of them requires a subsidy to grow any further today. We will make it easier to set up charging infrastructure at petrol pumps. I went further (in Friday meeting) to offer making guidelines for that self-monitoring and self-certifying. Whoever is setting up charging stations will self monitor itself. Oil companies can keep a watch,” Goyal mentioned.
Last March, India had come out with an EV coverage of obligation concessions to firms establishing manufacturing items right here with a minimal funding of $500 million to woo the worldwide biggies. “They do not need newer incentives or subsidies,” the minister added.