Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra on Friday launched the online portal for disbursement of incentives under Odisha Electric Vehicle Policy-2021. On the occasion, Mahapatra advised officials to link the portal with fund transfer platform of banks. He asked to automate the entire process with least human interface.
The CS also sanctioned the first subsidy through the portal in favour of a two-wheeler vehicle owned by Trilochan Behera under RTO-II of Bhubaneswar. Secretary Electronics and Information Technology Department Manoj Kumar Mishra was also present at the meeting.
Speaking at the event held in Lok Seva Bhavan, Commerce and Transport Secretary Bishnupada Sethi said, “Electric Vehicle Policy of Government of Odisha is a lead progressive policy, and the Portal designed for disbursement of the incentives is first of its kind in the country. The portal has been developed within least possible time through technical expertise of NIC.”
Transport Commissioner Arun Bothra said that the State Government incentives like subsidy against purchase of electric vehicles would be directly disbursed to the vehicle owners through this portal. The vehicles purchased on or after September 1, 2021 would be eligible for the subsidy.
As for the current policy, the provision of subsidy would continue onwards for 4 years from September 1, 2022. For two-wheelers the subsidy would be 15 per cent of the cost, up to a maximum ceiling of Rs 5,000; for three wheelers the cap on 15 per cent subsidy would be Rs 10,000 and for four-wheelers, it would Rs 50,000.
The owners of the electric vehicle could now avail the subsidy amount by logging on to: odishatransport.gov.in->online services->apply subsidy for electric vehicles. The owner would not be required to run to RTO office. The vehicle information would be automatically collected from VAHAN Portal, said Bothra.
He added that all four-wheeler EV buyers could avail above incentives. However, the two-wheeler EVs would have to qualify on the basis of performance and quality check criteria, as specified under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, Phase II.
These conditions include (i) Minimum top speed: 40km/h, (ii) Minimum acceleration of 0.65m/s2, (iii) Maximum electric energy consumption not exceeding 7kWh/100km, and (iv) At least three years comprehensive warranty including battery warranty from the manufacturer.
In addition to this subsidy, the owners of electric vehicles purchased within Odisha are now getting 100% exemption of motor vehicle (MV) tax and registration fees.
Among others, Deputy Director General NIC, Kabita Roy, Secretary State Transport Authority Brjabandhu Bhol, Additional Transport Commissioner Srinivas Behera, Additional Secretary Commerce and Transport Kishore Das, along with senior officers from Odisha State Transport Authority and NIC participated in the launch event.
