In a first, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Toyota Mobility Foundation have called on entrepreneurs to come out with tech-based solutions to make public transport initiatives safer, more affordable and convenient, and to integrate them with other public modes of transport. Called the Stamp (Station Access and Mobility Programme) Challenge, this open innovation programme in the urban mobility sector is aimed at nurturing tech-based interventions in the country.

Publication: Your Story

As per the reports by the leading national daily, Niti Aayog, government think tank has taken a step to promote the electric vehicles over the conventional vehicles in the country, the Niti Aayog has recommended lower interest rates and taxes for loans on electric vehicles. This new development might open roads for the Indian automobile industry, believes experts. The government is aiming to electrify all the vehicles in the country by 2032. India has emerged as the biggest market for the two-wheelers.

Publication: India Infoline

India’s most influential government think-tank has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for loans on electric vehicles, while capping sales of conventional cars, signalling a dramatic shift in policy in one of the world’s fastest growing auto markets. A draft of the 90-page blueprint, seen by Reuters, also suggests the government opens a battery plant by the end of 2018 and uses tax revenues from the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles to set up charging stations for electric vehicles.

Publication: ET Energy World

India’s most influential government think-tank has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for loans on electric vehicles, while capping sales of conventional cars, signalling a dramatic shift in policy in one of the world’s fastest growing auto markets. A draft of the 90-page blueprint, seen by Reuters, also suggests the government opens a battery plant by the end of 2018 and uses tax revenues from the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles to set up charging stations for electric vehicles.

Publication: Business Standard

India’s most influential government think-tank has recommended lowering taxes and interest rates for loans on electric vehicles, while capping sales of conventional cars, signalling a dramatic shift in policy in one of the world’s fastest growing auto markets. A draft of the 90-page blueprint, seen by Reuters, also suggests the government opens a battery plant by the end of 2018 and uses tax revenues from the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles to set up charging stations for electric vehicles.

Publication: Live Mint