Promoting Electric Vehicles foremost priority of Telangana govt : Minister
To reach policies of Govt to public need to communicate in their own language: Dr Meenakshi Jolly, Jt. Secretary MHA
Hyderabad, Dec 4 (UNI) Telangana Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar has said that promoting Electric Vehicles (EVs) is the foremost priority of the state government.
Speaking at the high-level ministerial round-table conference organised by Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India, in Goa, for promotion of electric vehicles, Mr Kumar, who addressed the session regarding the impetus of EVs adoption & manufacturing in Telangana, said that it becomes the third state in India to launch an electric vehicle and Energy Storage Policy after Delhi and Gujarat.
The Minister said that the Telangana government, as part of its new policy to promote electric vehicles, offers 100 per cent exemption of road tax and registration fee for the first two lakh electric two-wheelers purchased and registered within the state.
He informed that many concessions are being given to those who buy and register electric vehicles in the state and said that the first two lakh electric two-wheelers, 20,000 autos, 10,000 light goods vehicles, 5,000 electric cars and the first 500 electric buses would be exempted from road tax and registration fee.
The Telangana government is also promoting the use of electric vehicles in the public transport system and taking necessary steps for setting up charging stations. Measures are also being taken by the State government to promote electric vehicles.
The Telangana government will develop new policies and provide incentives for the manufacture and use of electric vehicles in line with the latest policies, the Minister said. Mr Kumar said Telangana is a major base for EV and ESS (Energy Storage System) sectors and will attract investments worth USD 4 Billion and create employment for 120,000 persons by 2030 through EVs in shared mobility, charging infrastructure development and EV and Energy Storage System (ESS) manufacturing activities.
Dr Meenakshi Jolly, Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language said that in order to communicate any plan of development and the policy of the Government of India to the public, it is necessary that the policies and plans reach the public in their own language.
Speaking at the Regional Official Language conference and Award distribution ceremony, organised by the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of In
dia, Dr Jolly said that welfare schemes of the government are effective only when there is constant communication, contact and transparency between the public and the government and all the citizens of the country receive the benefits of the government’s schemes equally.
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