India, April 16 -- New Delhi

The Delhi cabinet on Tuesday did not approve its much-touted electric vehicle (EV) draft policy, with transport minister Pankaj Kumar Singh saying that discussions were underway and that the current EV policy will remain in force until the new policy is finalised. The cabinet also decided to continue the power subsidy for domestic consumers, officials said.

The draft EV policy suggested phasing out CNG auto-rickshaws and fossil fuel-based two-wheelers in the next two years, but ministers decided against it in the meeting.

"The government held a cabinet meeting and there is no plan to make it binding for CNG autos to shift to electric or put any restrictions on two-wheelers. There are baseless rumours that t...