India, Jan. 4 -- With the rising demand of EV vehicles, the Centre has now chalked out a strategy for end-to-end traceability and efficient recycling of the batteries.

The Road Transport and Highway Ministry has proposed assigning Aadhaar-like unique identification number to EV batteries.

Sources said the proposed framework will make it mandatory for battery producer or importer to assign a 21-character Battery Pack Aadhaar Number (BPAN) to batteries, as per the draft guidelines issued by the ministry. They will also have to upload the relevant Battery Pack Dynamic data on the official portal of BPAN.

"The battery producer or importer shall have the obligation of assigning a unique Battery Pack Aadhaar Number (BPAN) to each battery tha...