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Govt offers states chunky incentives for land, infra to prime EV charger rollout

NEW DELHI, Oct. 24 -- The heavy industries ministry has asked states to secure land and install infrastructure that will enable the rapid deployment of 72,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the... Read More


Delhi weighs electric construction vehicles, easier EV charging to fight winter smog

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- As Delhi's air quality once again dips into the 'very poor' zone, the government is looking at new measures to rein in pollution. Among the ideas under discussion: mandating elec... Read More


Only 12 states, UTs bat for payment security to boost e-bus operations

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Only 12 states and Union territories-Gujarat, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Punjab, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Odisha and Jammu & Kas... Read More


'Tesla scheme' sputters, govt may extend deadline for foreign EV firms

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- With no global automaker showing interest so far in India's flagship plan to promote electric car manufacturing, the government is considering extending the scheme's 21 October d... Read More


E-trucks localisation plans stumble on scalability block

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- A chicken-or-egg-first problem has developed in the country's electric truck industry with the government pushing manufacturers to comply with an ambitious localization plan, whi... Read More


India's ambitious localization plan for e-truck makers faces a scalability block

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- A chicken-or-egg-first problem has developed in the country's electric truck industry with the government pushing manufacturers to comply with an ambitious localisation plan, whi... Read More


Govt plans 3,000 electric buses for Mumbai, Pune under PM E-Drive

NEW DELHI, Oct. 7 -- The Centre plans to tender around 3,000 electric buses to Mumbai and Pune under the Rs.10,900-crore PM E-Drive scheme, after the Maharashtra government completed the payment secur... Read More


Mint Explainer: Small businesses have a huge delayed-payments problem. What's the government doing?

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Delayed payments are a Rs.28,000-crore problem for India's micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). That's the amount they have sought to claw back from debtors, including ot... Read More


Mint Explainer | What's tripping up India's push for more local EV parts

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The Union government has over the past decade introduced multiple policy initiatives to support the manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles. While the names of the schemes... Read More


India's e-bus market rebounds: Why Delhi is outpacing Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Odisha saw a significant rise in e-bus sales in the first half of FY26 (April-September) compared with sales in the same period last fiscal, pro... Read More