PANJIM: The State government has released the Draft Goa Electric Mobility Promotion Policy-2021 and has sought suggestions from the public, stakeholders etc.
The policy has been formulated for promotion of the Electric Vehicles (EV) sector and shall be applicable for a total of 5 years.
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The draft policy states that the Government of Goa aims to make Goa as a model State in EV by building on indigenous strengths of tourism and IT industries.
Some of the objectives the government aims to achieve through implementation of the policy include ensuring that 30% of annual vehicles registered in Goa, starting from the year 2025, would be electric; converting 50% of all ferries to electric by 2025; creating 10,000 direct and indirect jobs in the sector by 2025; encouraging startups and investment in the field of electric mobility and associated sectors; providing financial, purchase, scrapping incentives as well as interest subvention on loans and waiver on road tax and registration fees. Furthermore, the policy states that its objective is to establish a wide network of charging stations and swappable battery stations, and develop a publicly owned database of the same.
The suggestions on the policy are to be submitted to the Goa government’s department of New & Renewable Energy (DNRE) by August 2, 2021.
The policy states that Goa ranks first in the country in terms of per capita vehicles with 625 vehicles for every 1,000 people in the State.
