Nitin Gadkari Discussed Decarbonization of Transport Sector in Rajya Sabha

To promote eco-friendly means of transportation and decarbonize the transport sector, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has notified  mass emission standards to introduce alternate fuels viz. blends of ethanol with gasoline ( E-10, E-12, E-15, E-20), flex-fuel (E 85) or (E 100) and Ethanol blend for diesel vehicles (ED 95), Biodiesel, Bio-CNG, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Methanol M15 or M100 and Methanol MD 95,  dual fuel, M85 and DiMethyl Ether (DME or D100), Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle, Hydrogen CNG.
An information update was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Further, the steps taken by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to adopt electric mobility in the country are as under:-

For promotion of electric vehicles, Government has notified GSR 167(E) dated 1 st  March 2019 for retro-fitment of hybrid electric system or electric kit to vehicles and their compliance standards shall be as per AIS 123.


Government vide G.S.R 749(E) dated 7th August, 2018, has notified  the registration mark for Battery Operated Vehicles to be in Yellow colour on Green background for the transport vehicles and, for all other cases, in White colour on Green background.


Further, the Government, vide S.O. 5333(E) dated 18th  October, 2018, has also granted exemption to the Battery Operated Transport Vehicles and Transport Vehicles running on Ethanol and Methanol fuels from the requirements of permit.


The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,  vide GSR 525(E) dated 2nd August, 2021 has exempted Battery Operated Vehicles from the payment of fees for the purpose of  issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark.


Ministry has issued an advisory dated 17th July, 2019 to all States and Union Territories regarding incentivisation of electric vehicles and induction of electric vehicles in shared mobility and public transport operations.


The Government has issued an advisory dated 12th August, 2020 to all States and UTs regarding sale and registration of Electric Vehicles without batteries.


The Government has issued an advisory dated 16th June, 2021 to all States and UTs regarding promotion of battery operated vehicles.

As per the third Biennial Update Report submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in February 2021, the total greenhouse gas (GHGs) emission from the transport sector in 2016 was 274.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, which is 9.67% of the total GHG emissions (without LULUCF i.e. Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry) of India. Further, the Government has taken various measures to curtail the CO2 emissions which are mentioned in part (a) of the reply.
The details of current sales of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country in various segments are annexed.
ANNEXURE REGARDING DECARBONIZATION OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR  
Details of current sales of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country in various segments:-



State Name
 Two Wheeler  
 Three Wheeler   
 Four Wheeler    
 Goods
Vehicles   
 Public
Service
Vehicle      
 Special
Category
Vehicles     
 
Ambulance/
Hearses     
 
Constructi on
 Equipment
Vehicle 
 OTHER  
Grand
 
Total


Andaman &
Nicobar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Island
1
30
81
 
40
 
 
 
7
159


Arunachal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Pradesh
14
 
5
 
 
 
 
 
1
20


Assam
721
47,041
161
7
15
 
 
 
2
47,947


Bihar
5,003
59,079
114
11
26
 
 
 
8
64,241


Chandigarh
298
1,410
182
 
40
 
 
 
1
1,931


Chhattisgarh
6,424
5,341
117
1,077
1
 
 
368
100
13,428


Delhi
14,730
112,831
3,051
49
39
 
 
 
1,602
132,302


Goa
1,314
28
289
13
36
2
 
 
4
1,686


Gujarat
13,662
1,869
1,309
28
278
344
 
26
77
17,593


Haryana
7,777
18,595
186
122
8
2
 
 
90
26,780


Himachal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Pradesh
368
167
37
7
86
 
 
 
46
711


Jammu and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Kashmir
1,417
43
10
6
43
 
 
 
8
1,527


Jharkhand
2,961
8,986
139
24
4
 
 
 
57
12,171


Karnataka
56,737
16,478
7,212
153
44
1
1
 
1,420
82,046


Kerala
10,299
2,115
2,524
43
23
 
1
 
17
15,022


Ladakh
12
 
5,484
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,496


Maharashtra
51,149
6,155
2
30
851
26
1
 
601
58,815


Manipur
86
443
9
1
 
 
 
 
1
540


Meghalaya
16
6
3
3
 
 
 
 
 
28


Mizoram
9
1
4
2
1
 
 
 
3
20


Nagaland
44
 
121
3
 
1
 
1
1
171


Odisha
10,329
1,808
75
21
 
25
 
1
23
12,282


Puducherry
1,429
32
124
9
20
 
 
 
 
1,614


Punjab
6,408
2,878
798
35
2
 
 
 
21
10,142


Rajasthan
23,446
29,631
12
25
1
 
1
1
24
53,141


Sikkim
1
 
2,414
1
 
 
 
 
9
2,425


Tamil Nadu
44,302
4,470
13
1,281
37
 
 
 
193
50,296


Tripura
67
7,510
14
1
 
 
 
 
1
7,593


UT of DNH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


and DD
69
36
153
2
10
7
 
 
 
277


Uttar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Pradesh
18,295
257,159
368
53
327
2
 
 
13
276,217


Uttarakhand
2,614
22,096
709
1
10
 
 
 
21
25,451


West Bengal
2,540
40,948
615
28
97
 
2
 
61
44,291


Grand Total
282,542
647,186
26,335
3,036
2,039
410
6
397
4,412
966,363



 
 
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