the government has asked auto companies to start manufacturing electric vehicles in india and is also studying global markets to come up with a policy surrounding electric mobility and storage senior officials said we want electric vehicle manufacturers and also the people in renewable storage to set up their facility in india we have a huge ambitious target and storage is the future of it a senior government official told et power minister rk singh had last month said that he had called a meeting of electric vehicle and storage system manufacturers and asked them to start investing in these sectors where the future is headed we are working to make india a manufacturing hub and we would work on a policy which should facilitate that we have started discussions with various stakeholders and we will try to bring in the right kind of policies at the right point of time the official said the government has identified few key areas which will help push the emobility drive in india discussions have been done around how to galvanize domestic manufacturing in this field how storage can be upgraded over a period so batteries are not imported what policy changes in the electricity sector are required to push for charging stations in a big way said another official who did not wish to be quoted also read govt to provide grants to cities buying evs for mass transport while manufacturers are keen on the idea of making electric vehicles in india the government has no plans on offering incentives for the same there are no incentives that are being offered if you look at the 13 billion people in india and the kind of vehicles we require the kind of renewables that will come in there are huge economies of scale the market itself is very lucrative one of the officials said the industry however is looking for the creation of demand for electric vehicles as a result of governments policies while few auto companies are already manufacturing electric vehicles in india the government is working to expedite the process the official said leading national and international manufacturers of electric vehicles and storage system providers were part of the meeting called by the power minister government think tank niti aayog will spearhead this move towards creating an ecosystem for electric vehicles in the country also read petrol diesel cars will soon be history fourwheelers powered by electricity will rule the roads because there are a number of stakeholders niti aayog will anchor this in a manner that roles and responsibilities of various ministries involved are defined and coordinated one of the officials said by nishtha saluja et bureau published on nov 7 2017 at 0722 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take