Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday mentioned greater than 2.78 lakh electrical autos have been registered in the nation in 2023 calendar yr thus far.
Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are in the method of migrating to Vahan portal and therefore their information on EV registration is partially included whereas Telangana and Lakshadweep information will not be obtainable on the portal, Gadkari mentioned in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
According to the info on the portal, the registration of electrical autos (EVs) in India rose to 10,20,679 in 2022 from 3,29,808 in 2021.
Replying to a separate query, Gadkari mentioned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planted 344.27 lakh tress beneath Green Highways Policy through the interval 2016-17 to 2022-23 (as much as February 2023).
Responding to a different query, he mentioned NHAI envisions improvement of wayside facilities (WSAs) at each 30-40 kilometre throughout brownfield nationwide highways and greenfield expressways.
Till date, 156 WSAs have been awarded, Gadkari added.
According to Gadkari, in order to advertise ease of doing enterprise for personal traders, the ministry has facilitated the purposes for grant of registration certificates to arrange automated testing stations and registered automobile scrapping amenities by National Single Window System (NSWS).
Currently, 18 states/UTs are stay on NSWS for accepting purposes for Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP), the minister mentioned.
The states/UTs stay on NSWS embody Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, amongst others.
He mentioned the federal government has obtained purposes from 79 traders for organising registered automobile scrapping amenities throughout 17 states out of which, 48 are permitted by the respective states.
As per the info supplied by the minister, 8,220 previous autos had been scrapped in the nation from January 2022 until March 20 2023. The most previous autos had been scrapped in Uttar Pradesh (6,247), adopted by Gujarat (1,244 ) and Assam (357).
