new delhi petrol and diesel vehicles will not be included in the ambitious productionlinked incentive pli scheme for automobiles as the government will restrict benefits of the rs 26000 crore scheme slashed from the originallyplanned rs 57000 crore to green technologies such as electrics and those powered by the futuristic hydrogen fuel cellsthe scheme which could be announced as early as next week is likely to be a dampener for top companies such as maruti suzuki honda cars and twowheelers toyota renaultnissan skodavw and many other auto companies that derive all their sales only from petrol or diesel cars advt homegrown tata motors and mahindra mahindra which have been pursuing electric and other clean technologies for many years will stand to gain although the original plan was to have an allocation of rs 57000 crore over five years starting 202223 the scope of the scheme has now been refined government sources told toi the government believes that restricting incentives only for greens will prompt almost all the companies to urgently focus on getting electric and other sustainable technologies to the market rather than wait for a mega customer transitionapart from vehicles the pli scheme for automobiles will also provide benefits to auto components that are aimed at making vehicles green or smarter categories that will be rewarded by incentives in the component industry will include those engaged in hybrid energy storage systems collision warning gear ev parts automatic braking and blind spot detection parts advanced driver assistance systems and sensors of certain categories sources told toithe original plan was seen to be far too wide while the revised draft is now focused on the socalled newage clean automobiles as part of the governments aim to leapfrog into the next generation of green connected and smart vehiclesthe change in government strategy may push top car players such as maruti suzuki and hyundai it has only one imported electric kona to provide an aggressive thrust for electric and other green technologies to make the cutseveral of the existing players are currently seen as reluctant to switch over to electric vehicles as they look to maximise value of their investments in operational plants producing petrol and diesel cars prompting the government to incentivise those willing to make a quick transition sources said advt the centre has argued that incentives for the two green technologies will fuel a significant growth in the share of hydrogen and batteryelectric vehicles with several international majors seen to be transitioning to electrics the government is hoping to tap into what it believes will be a booming business in the coming years government officials said several companies as well as industry bodies including siam and acma have been consulted before formalising the planindia to give 35 billion in revised clean tech scheme for automakers sourcesgovts original plan was to give about 8 billion to automakers and part manufacturers to promote mainly gasoline technology with added benefits for electric vehicles evssee more details by pankaj doval