Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Siddeshwar said that the government has set a target to produce around seven million electric vehicles by 2020.
Talking to presspersons here on Monday, Mr. Siddeshwar said that under the National Electrical Mobility Mission (NLMM), the Centre has earmarked a sum of Rs. 100 crore for various activities including research and development for introducing more of electricity run vehicles to bring down the pollution levels as well dependency on the fossil fuels.
Mr. Siddeshwar said that after the re-auction of coal blocks, the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has received fresh orders worth Rs. 30,794 crore.
The Advanced Super Critical Technology developed by the BHEL has enabled thermal plants to achieve optimum power production even while using low quality coal, he said.
He said that the Union government has sanctioned Rs. 3,700 crore for the National Automative Testing Research Infrastructure Project and it would be used to upgrade the existing vehicle testing and research facilities available in New Delhi and Nainital and also establish more such research institutes in different parts of the country.
‘Centre has sanctioned
Rs. 3,700 crore to upgrade existing vehicle testing and research facilities’
