Central govt officials in Delhi should hire only electric vehicles: FinMin

The finance ministry said the advisory has been issued keeping in view the policy thrust of the government

If you are a sarkari babu with a department or ministry of the Union government in the Capital, the hired vehicles used by you may have to go electric soon. In a first such move, the finance ministry has advised all offices of ministries and departments of the Union government to switch over their hired cars from petrol and diesel to an electric one.

The move comes at a time when the Capital has been facing abnormally high levels of pollution, forcing the authorities to temporarily shut factories and construction activity in highly polluted areas of Delhi.

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