India, April 30 -- After nearly six months of deliberations, the Maharashtra government has finally decided to roll out its ambitious plan to promote electric vehicles (EVs) from May 1. Its last policy, envisioned in 2021, expired in March this year, after falling short on many promises -- primarily an inability to reduce high prices of vehicles and plagued by paucity of charging stations.

The new policy, which will hold good for the next five years (2030), received cabinet nod on Tuesday. Many provisions have been made to support and boost its function. There are sops such toll waivers to all EVs on three major expressways, 50% waiver on other highways, discount in price from Rs.30,000 to Rs.20 lakh in various categories of EVs, and a r...