Nagpur: In an important step to implementing electric vehicle policies (EV) recently launched, the state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a non-profit organization based in the United States Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) which will provide technical support.
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The signing took place at Glasgow at the United Nations Conference on COP26 climate change.
EV state policy, which was approved in July this year, aims to have a 10% share of electric vehicles in total registration in 2025.
It also targets 15% conversion of the Maharashtra State Transport Corporation (MSRTC) fleet into electricity by 2025.
This policy provides Fiscal incentives for EV buyers and for their producers along with subsidies for the creation of filling infrastructure.
In accordance with the press release by the state government, RMI is a 40-year-old non-profit working on clean energy transitions globally.
“In Maharashtra, RMI has been involved with the city of Pune through the EV city accelerator platform to make Pune ev-ready.
We hope to continue our partnership in electrical mobility, ZEV, hydrogen fuel and decarbonization of our transportation sector and the urban update sector” said Minister of Environment The Aaditya Thackeray country on the signing of the MoU.
Highlighting the need to mobilize climate finance, CEO of RMI Jule Kortenhorst said, “Maharashtra shows leadership for climate action by the regional government.
The size and scale of economic growth in the country provides a unique opportunity to jump over the clean and modern energy system and become a role model, not just In India, but globally.
“Meanwhile, Thackeray was invited by the UNFCCC high-level champion for Chat one on one with the first Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, who” praised the mere scale where the Maharashtra government worked to hold the country “.
During interactions, the minister emphasized that it would be up to the administrative officers and representatives selected at all levels of the government to lead and inspire sustainable development for Maharashtra.
He further announced that the Maharashtra Council for climate change would convene to map the decarbonization pathway for the state, under the leadership of the Minister of Chief Uddhav Thackeray.
“The climate is karma, it will do what you do on this planet.
It will not discriminate between development and developed.
This will be about all of us regardless of whom or where we are,” he said.