West Bengal EV Policy 2021 – Summary

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Date of Release – 3rd June 2021

Status – Yet to be notified in Official Gazette

The policy shall be effective from the date of its notification in the official Gazette for a period of 5 years unless repealed or substituted with a new policy.

The Power Department, Government of West Bengal has identified Electric Mobility as the need of the hour and an eminent transformation of the transportation ecosystem and released the policy document on June 3, 2021. The Government of West Bengal has set for itself an ambitious target to be one amongst the top three states in India in terms of the electric mobility penetration by the end of year 2022 and further, the state will target to be the best State in electric mobility penetration by 2030.

Targets

 1. To have 10 lakh EVs, combined across all segment of vehicles, during the policy implementation.

 2. To have 1,00,000 public, semi-public charging stations during the policy implementation.

 3. Achieve an Electric Vehicle/public charge point ratio of 8 by the implementation of the policy. Create robust infrastructure for electric vehicles including adequate power supply and network of charging points with favourable power tariff.

4. Recycle and reuse, used batteries and dispose the rejected batteries in an environment friendly manner to avoid pollution.

Policy Measures

The Power Department, Government of West Bengal will focus on policy interventions intended to encourage EV adoption in the State.

The State will plan and encourage the establishment of an ‘EV Accelerator Cell’,  innovative Pilot Projects for showcasing sustainable mobility, facilitate Charging Points Installation and a digital operational framework, facilitating Public Charging Infrastructure for EVs through DISCOM’s etc.

Research & Innovation Oriented Industrial Development through R&D grants, Innovation and collaboration landscape, testing and quality control labs, skill development trainings.

Link to Policy Document

West Bengal EV Policy 2021