The Delhi Government on Thursday notified a policy that makes it mandatory for ride aggregators and delivery firms to install electric vehicles (EVs) while procuring a new fleet as the AAP aims to reduce vehicular pollution in the national Capital by 30 per cent in the next two years.
As per the gazette notification, aggregators and delivery services will have to ensure that 50 per cent of all their new two-wheelers and 25 per cent of new four-wheelers are electric by March 2023. They will also have to ensure that 10 per cent of all new two-wheelers and five per cent of all new four-wheelers are electric in the next three months. Environment Minister Gopal Rai stated that the Delhi Government will continue to engage citizens in implementing such forward-looking policies in the fight against pollution. Reena Gupta, Advisor to Environment Minister, said that this policy marks an important milestone in Delhi Government’s goals of reducing air pollution by 30 per cent by 2024. “The CAQM should also direct other states to adopt similar aggregator regulations in the larger NCR region. Aggregators and delivery services would need to ensure 10 per cent of all new two-wheelers and five percent of all new four-wheelers are electric in the next three months. Aggregators and delivery services will have to ensure 50per cent of all new two-wheelers and 25per cent of all new four-wheelers are electric by March 2023,” she added.
The draught policy first notified on the January 14, 2022, has now been put up in the public domain through http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/pis/noc/egazettes.asp, inviting suggestions and objections of the general public within a period of 60 days. As a result, any feedback received would be incorporated into the policy and announced for implementation. The draft policy has now been put in the public domain inviting suggestions and objections of the general public within a period of 60 days from 25th January 2022, the official publication date of the gazette notification, post which it would be notified for implementation.
