India, March 1 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed a financial outlay of Rs.27 crore for renting out 94 electric cars for officials and staff for the next five years.

As part of the eco-transport initiative, PMC had 27 e-cars for its officials and the decision of hiring more green cars is in accordance with the directions of the central government. The Maharashtra State EV policy recommends vehicles leased for the government's official purpose shall be electric vehicles starting January 2022.

The PMC Motor Vehicles Department will be renting 24 SUVs and 70 four-seater sedan cars besides phasing out Ambassador cars as part of the modernisation process.

Currently, PMC has 1,078 vehicles and most of them are over eight ye...