new delhi the governments flagship gatishakti framework for integrated planning and development is helping agencies identify gaps for testing of products at the hubs where these are manufactured using this centralised database the national test house nth under the central government has identified jaipur for setting up of a stateoftheart transformer testing facility and facilities to test evs and ev batteries in mumbai and kolkatagiving out the details nidhi khare additional secretary in the consumer affairs ministry said after identifying the gaps in testing infrastructure the nth is also reaching out to industry associations and manufacturing associations she said one such example is the nth going ahead with the setting up of the transformer testing facility in jaipur with an investment of rs 125 crore the areas around jaipur have a huge concentration of transformer manufacturers up until now they needed to transport their transformers to vadodara bhopal and bangalore for short circuit and other tests which take longer and the price for transportation was high this testing facility is being created at the transformer manufacturing hub and will reduce the transportation cost and time taken in getting transformer samples tested the rajasthan government is giving the land at a nominal cost of only re 1 khare saiddirector general of nth alok kumar shrivastava said they will also set up testing facilities for ev batteries in mumbai and kolkata in the next financial year the bis has formulated the performance standards for ev batteries currently the international centre for automotive technology icat and the automatic research association of india arai have the testing facilities for electric vehicles in the country tnn