India's 'gradual' shift to electric vehicles a blow to green goal

EVs to comprise about 7% of sales in India by 2030

India’s shift to electric vehicles has to be “gradual”, a government adviser said, signalling that the country may have further watered down its ambitions of having green vehicles comprise about a third of its fleet by 2030.

India needs to push for EVs in a consistent manner over a long period of time and ensure automobile jobs stay unaffected as the country moves toward battery-driven vehicles, Amitabh Kant, the chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, said in New Delhi on Friday. Cheaper EVs, whose costs are likely to be at par with internal combustion vehicles by 2026, will push their