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Gearing Up For An Electric Future

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The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry presented its 309th report on Electric and Hybrid Mobility – Prospects and Challenges in Automobile Industry on 6 December 2021.

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The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry ("Committee") presented its 309th report on Electric and Hybrid Mobility – Prospects and Challenges in Automobile Industry ("Report") on 6 December 2021. The Report analyses India's e-mobility situation and various Government initiatives aimed at transitioning the automobile industry from internal combustion engines ("ICEs") to electric vehicles ("EVs"). The Committee also examined the challenges and proposed reforms to develop the sector. This article aims to summarise the Committee's findings, after considering the opinions of various stakeholders.

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As part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020, the Indian government introduced the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India ("FAME") scheme in 2015 to support manufacturing of hybrid EVs ("HEVs") and EVs.

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