Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh
The
NITI Ayog in association with the Rocky Mountain Institute of California
organised a high-level virtual meeting of stakeholders to finalise the draft
electric vehicle policy for Himachal Pradesh. Ram Subhag Singh, Additional
Chief Secretary, Industry and Transport, took stock of various interventions
proposed by the NITI Ayog for the proposed policy. He directed the Department
of Transport to give the final shape to the draft policy by including the
recommendations of industry players at the earliest.
The
draft policy was due for the approval of the government in August. All major
industry players in the electric vehicle segment participated in the meeting
and offered their observations on various challenges in the implementation of
the EV policy in the state.
Rajan
Kapur, Professor IIT Mandi, also participated in the meeting and briefed about
the work undertaken by the IIT Mandi in the field of innovation of electric
vehicles, especially in the three-wheeler segment.
Secretary,
State Transport Authority, Ghanshyam Chand made a detailed presentation on the
draft policy. Various stakeholder departments of the state government also
joined the virtual meeting along with Director, Transport, Anupam Kashyap and
MD, HRTC, Sandeep Kumar. Sudendhu Sinha, Adviser, was present on behalf of the NITI Ayog.
The representatives of Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata automobile, Amazon, Flipkart, Hero Electric, EVS motors, Swiggy, Olla and Bajaj automobiles also participated in the meeting.
Source: The Tribune
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