UPPSC 2020 Prelims GS Paper-I · Question 67 of 150

Correct — C, Delhi. The Government of NCT of Delhi launched the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020 on 7 August 2020. Its headline aim was for 25% of all new vehicle registrations in Delhi to be electric by 2024, backed by purchase incentives, a road-tax and registration-fee waiver, a vehicle-scrapping incentive and a large charging-infrastructure push. It was widely described as one of India's most ambitious sub-national EV policies, aimed chiefly at cutting the city's air pollution.

• (a)Madhya Pradesh — Madhya Pradesh did not launch its EV policy on 7 August 2020; the policy dated to that day was Delhi's.
• (b)Uttar Pradesh — Uttar Pradesh's EV manufacturing and mobility policy is a separate, later initiative — it is not the 7 August 2020 policy.
• (d)Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu had already released an EV policy in 2019; the 7 August 2020 launch in the question was Delhi's, not Tamil Nadu's.

The Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020 (notified 7 August 2020) is a state/UT-level scheme to accelerate electric-mobility adoption. Its stated target was that electric vehicles form 25% of new vehicle registrations by 2024. Tools included demand incentives, waiver of road tax and registration fees, a scrapping incentive for old vehicles, and a target to build a dense charging network (of the order of tens of thousands of charge points).

This is a current-affairs question keyed to a specific date (7 August 2020). Several states had EV policies around this time, so the discriminator is the exact date, which belongs to Delhi. Elaborate the numbers cautiously — the firm, verifiable facts are the 7 August 2020 launch and the 25%-by-2024 headline target; the exact incentive amounts vary by vehicle category.

• Delhi EV Policy launched 7 August 2020 by the Government of NCT of Delhi
• Headline target: 25% of new vehicle registrations to be electric by 2024
• Instruments: purchase incentive, road-tax & registration-fee waiver, scrapping incentive, charging-network build-out
• Primary motivation: reducing Delhi's vehicular air pollution

• Assuming Tamil Nadu because it also had an early EV policy — the 7 August 2020 date is Delhi's
• Confusing central FAME incentives with a state/UT EV policy

Current-affairs items pin a scheme to an exact date, place or launching authority — memorise the who/where/when, not just the scheme name; the distractor states usually have real but differently-dated policies.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The headline target of the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2020 was that electric vehicles make up 25% of new vehicle registrations by which year?

  • (a)2022
  • (b)2024
  • (c)2026
  • (d)2030

  Answer(b) 2024 — the policy set a 25% EV share of new registrations by 2024.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The central government scheme that provides demand incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles in India is:

  • (a)FAME India
  • (b)UJALA
  • (c)PM-KUSUM
  • (d)SATAT

  Answer(a) FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles) — the central incentive scheme complementing state EV policies.