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PluginIndia Electric Vehicles

Budget Allocation for EV's and Clean Energy

10/3/2015

8 Comments

 
By Kamlesh Mallick
The Union Budget of FY-16 promised to help the Indian EV industry in the form of Rs 75 crore support for electric vehicles under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme for FY'16. 
The Ministry of New Renewable Energy has revised its target of renewable energy capacity to 1,75,000 MW till 2022.
All in all the right steps are being taken by the government to promote clean energy and transport.


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Finance Minister - Mr Arun Jaitley before presenting the budget
"Madam, as environmental degradation hurts the poor more than others, we are committed to make our development process as green as possible. Our de facto ‘Carbon Tax’ on most petroleum products compares favourably with international norms. With regard to coal, there is a need to find a balance between taxing pollution, and the price of power. However, beginning this year, I intend to start on that journey too. My Government is also launching a Scheme for Faster Adoption and manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME). I am proposing an initial outlay of `75 crore for this Scheme in 2015-16. The Ministry of New Renewable Energy has revised its target of renewable energy capacity to 1,75,000 MW till 2022, comprising 100,000 MW Solar, 60,000 MW Wind, 10,000 MW Biomass and 5000 MW Small Hydro" - Mr Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister India while presenting this year's budget.

Great stuff!  At long last the Indian EV industry can hope that our government will support clean transport and there is huge focus on renewable energy.

75 Crore for the EV industry
The government needs to have a fresh thrust on electric vehicles and hybrids to encourage manufacturers to bring in these vehicles that are not only technologically advanced and cost effective but also help in reducing emissions. Electric vehicles form a very small proportion of the industry’s overall volumes and there is a lot of room for improvement in this category. A lot needs to be done by the government in the areas of charging infrastructure, reduction or abolition of import duty on certain critical electric vehicle components as well as increasing general public awareness relating to the efficiency of these vehicles.

Only Rs 75 crore was allocated for electric vehicle manufacturing that is seen as a disappointment as the industry was expecting much more. 

Industry still optimistic on additional support
  • Sohinder Gill, Director- Corporate Affairs, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles said
              "We welcome the announcement on interim NEMMP towards promoting Electric Vehicles and supporting charging                                      infrastructure and R&D investments. 
               Its like a life saver for the ailing companies who had invested into the environmentally friendly vehicles but were bleeding                          heavily because of the lack of government support. In addition to supporting the industry NEEMP will create a significant                          positive impact on the health index of country by promoting zero pollution electric vehicles and reducing the dependence on                    the fossil fuel.
               Although We are awaiting details it is expected that around Rs.1000 cr will be allocated for a period of two years, a large part                  of which will go directly into the hands of the customers in term of reduction of the prices of electric vehicles by around 20%                    and in installing charging stations in many cities"
  • Mahindra & Mahindra Executive Director Pawan Goenka
              We were eagerly anticipating that something should happen on the electric vehicle front. So, we were hoping for this but this                     support is less than what we anticipated.
              Rs 75 crore is too little to be spread across the entire eco-system of infrastructure, R&D and product subsidy to have a                               meaningful impact, he hoped that this was the Phase I of roll out, and there will be more money coming in later. 
              It is lower than expectations but finally there is an acknowledgement, hopefully this is the beginning"

  • Chetan Maini
    We are still awaiting the final EV policy but should include spends on demand incentives, R&D, infrastructure and pilot projects.

Massive goals in the renewable energy sector
Some renewable energy specific commodities have been given excise duty relief. Round copper wire and tin alloys for use in the manufacture of Solar PV ribbon for manufacture of solar PV cells to Nil. Excise duty on solar water heater and system has been reduced from 12% to 0 without CENVAT credit (credit in respect of central excise on inputs purchased for the manufacture or duty paid in relation to the manufacture of the final product).
The country’s renewable energy industry is likely to generate business opportunities worth $160 billion over the next five years. 
It has been envisaged that solar power will play a significant role in rural electrification by 2020, by providing for off-grid solar power generation in 20,000 villages across the country.

The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) had recently announced that private individuals will be paid Rs 9.43 per unit (kWhr) for putting back into the grid whatever solar-generated power they generate but don't consume. What's more, citizens can even avail 30% subsidy to reduce the cost of installing the PV panels atop their houses. They will still be able to get Rs 7.05 per unit from the city.  Quick implementation of net metering across states will accelerate usage of Solar Power Systems.


Final Words
As i had highlighted in my earlier blog, government support is crucial for the EV industry. 
We only hope this is just the beginning and there is lots more to come from the government.
8 Comments
Johnson
13/3/2015 06:35:22 am

The budget allocation is exciting. Hope the Ather team could benefit from this and the next budget.

Rs 9.43 per unit for private individuals to generate power is a very good business opportunity. People with rooftops available can utilize it with solar panels.

Since they will be pumping the generated power into the grid there will be no need to "store" the power in batteries... thus they will not need batteries... which means the cost of installation will be 40% cheaper.

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Liju Vaidhyan
19/3/2015 10:11:13 am

Hey great news, is their any way get once project funded by government, I s that alocation of money are for reseraches too. I just need 2.5 mill rupees for prototyping.
Please let me know how to apply for this scheme too.
thanks

Liju Vaidhyan
B3 TRANSPORT SOLUTION.

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Energy capacity to 1,75,000 MW till 2022?
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Only Rs 75 crore was allocated for electric vehicle manufacturing that is seen as a disappointment as the industry was expecting much more.

Let's hope they spend the budget wisely :)

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