To promote eco-friendly means of transportation and decarbonize the transport sector, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified  mass emission standards to introduce alternate fuels viz. blends of ethanol with gasoline ( E-10, E-12, E-15, E-20), flex-fuel (E 85) or (E 100) and Ethanol blend for diesel vehicles (ED 95), Biodiesel, Bio-CNG, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Methanol M15 or M100 and Methanol MD 95,  dual fuel, M85 and DiMethyl Ether (DME or D100), Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle, Hydrogen CNG.  

Further, the steps taken by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to adopt electric mobility in the country are as under:-

1. For promotion of electric vehicles, Government has notified GSR 167(E) dated 1^st March 2019 for retro-fitment of hybrid electric system or electric kit to vehicles and their compliance standards shall be as per AIS 123.

2. Government vide G.S.R 749(E) dated 7th August, 2018, has notified  the registration mark for Battery Operated Vehicles to be in Yellow colour on Green background for the transport vehicles and, for all other cases, in White colour on Green background.

3. Further, the Government, vide S.O. 5333(E) dated 18th  October, 2018, has also granted exemption to the Battery Operated Transport Vehicles and Transport Vehicles running on Ethanol and Methanol fuels from the requirements of permit.

4. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,  vide GSR 525(E) dated 2nd August, 2021 has exempted Battery Operated Vehicles from the payment of fees for the purpose of  issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark.

5. Ministry has issued an advisory dated 17th July, 2019 to all States and Union Territories regarding incentivisation of electric vehicles and induction of electric vehicles in shared mobility and public transport operations.

6. The Government has issued an advisory dated 12th August, 2020 to all States and UTs regarding sale and registration of Electric Vehicles without batteries.

7. The Government has issued an advisory dated 16th June, 2021 to all States and UTs regarding promotion of battery operated vehicles.

As per the third Biennial Update Report submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in February 2021, the total greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission from the transport sector in 2016 was 274.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which is 9.67% of the total GHG emissions (without LULUCF i.e. Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry) of India. Further, the Government has taken various measures to curtail the CO2 emissions which are mentioned in part (a) of the reply.  

The details of current sales of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country in various segments are annexed.

ANNEXURE REGARDING DECARBONIZATION OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR 

Details of current sales of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country in various segments:-

State Name	Two Wheeler	Three Wheeler	Four Wheeler	Goods Vehicles	Public Service Vehicle	Special Category Vehicles	Ambulance/ Hearses	Constructi on  Equipment Vehicle	OTHER	Grand   Total
Andaman & Nicobar
Island	1	30	81		40				7	159
Arunachal
Pradesh	14		5						1	20
Assam	721	47,041	161	7	15				2	47,947
Bihar	5,003	59,079	114	11	26				8	64,241
Chandigarh	298	1,410	182		40				1	1,931
Chhattisgarh	6,424	5,341	117	1,077	1			368	100	13,428
Delhi	14,730	112,831	3,051	49	39				1,602	132,302
Goa	1,314	28	289	13	36	2			4	1,686
Gujarat	13,662	1,869	1,309	28	278	344		26	77	17,593
Haryana	7,777	18,595	186	122	8	2			90	26,780
Himachal
Pradesh	368	167	37	7	86				46	711
Jammu and
Kashmir	1,417	43	10	6	43				8	1,527
Jharkhand	2,961	8,986	139	24	4				57	12,171
Karnataka	56,737	16,478	7,212	153	44	1	1		1,420	82,046
Kerala	10,299	2,115	2,524	43	23		1		17	15,022
Ladakh	12		5,484							5,496
Maharashtra	51,149	6,155	2	30	851	26	1		601	58,815
Manipur	86	443	9	1					1	540
Meghalaya	16	6	3	3						28
Mizoram	9	1	4	2	1				3	20
Nagaland	44		121	3		1		1	1	171
Odisha	10,329	1,808	75	21		25		1	23	12,282
Puducherry	1,429	32	124	9	20					1,614
Punjab	6,408	2,878	798	35	2				21	10,142
Rajasthan	23,446	29,631	12	25	1		1	1	24	53,141
Sikkim	1		2,414	1					9	2,425
Tamil Nadu	44,302	4,470	13	1,281	37				193	50,296
Tripura	67	7,510	14	1					1	7,593
UT of DNH
and DD	69	36	153	2	10	7				277
Uttar
Pradesh	18,295	257,159	368	53	327	2			13	276,217
Uttarakhand	2,614	22,096	709	1	10				21	25,451
West Bengal	2,540	40,948	615	28	97		2		61	44,291
Grand Total	282,542	647,186	26,335	3,036	2,039	410	6	397	4,412	966,363

 

This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

 

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