·       Haryana has its first electric vehicle charging station in Panchkula.

·       It was inaugurated on January 4 by Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Tarun Kapoor, and Additional Chief Secretary, New and Renewable Energy Department, TC Gupta.

·       An official spokesperson said that this electric vehicle charging station will be the first station in Haryana.

·       It has the capacity to charge every electric vehicle varying from small to large.

·       He said the Department of New and Renewable Energy had been designated as the state nodal agency for setting up the infrastructure. 

EV Policy of Haryana Government

·       Recently, the Haryana Government in its draft Estate Management Policy 2020 had proposed a slew of incentives for the sector which includes the development of the supplier parks, existing auto manufacturing units expansion.

·       The state government will also incentivise the manufacturing of electric vehicles and green automotive technologies.

·       The draft states that it will promote and support the establishment and expansion of existing automobile units in B, C and D category districts through low-cost land establishes of training centres, linkages with ITIs and polytechnics, and development of social infrastructure for officials and workers.

·       Currently, the state manufacturers 80% of excavators, 52% of cranes, 50% of cars and 33% of two-wheelers in India.

Recently, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the government of India has announced the sales and registrations of electric vehicles without batteries to create an ecosystem to accelerate the uptake of the electric mobility in the country.