Question: By whom National e-Mobility Program will be implemented?
(a) Ministry of Roads and Transportation
(b) Ministry of Tourism
(c) EESL
(d) Ministry of Consumer Affairs
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On March 7th, 2018, Shri R K Singh, Union Minister of State (IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy, launched the National E-Mobility Programme.
- The Programme aims to provide an impetus to the entire e-mobility ecosystem including vehicle manufacturers, charging infrastructure companies, fleet operators, service providers, etc.
- The Programme will be implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) which will aggregate demand by procuring electric vehicles in bulk to get economies of scale.
- EESL will purchase a large number of electric vehicles.
- These electric vehicles will replace the existing fleet of petrol and diesel vehicles.
- EESL had procured 10,000 e-vehicles last year and will issue a new tender very soon for 10,000 more e-vehicles to cater to the growing demand.
- With these 20,000 electric cars, India is expected to save over 5 crore litres of fuel every year leading to a reduction of over 5.6 lakh tonnes of annual CO2 emission.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=177134
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/auto/miscellaneous/national-e-mobility-programme-launched-in-india-eesl-to-order-10000-more-e-cars/articleshow/63213561.cms
https://www.news18.com/news/auto/eesl-to-further-add-10000-electric-cars-under-national-e-mobility-programme-in-india-1682217.html