New Delhi, July 2 -- Advisor to the Prime Minister (PMO), Tarun Kapoor, on Thursday emphasised that the use of electric vehicles must be promoted among the citizens to reduce imports of oil in order to become a self-reliant nation.

Speaking to the reporters, he highlighted that India is self-sufficient in terms of power, the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme provides support to the EV sector and the Parivartan scheme has been introduced in the NCR to reduce pollution.

"We must promote electric vehicles across the country, with all stakeholders, state governments and industry playing a key role to reduce imports of oil, as the transport sector is one of the largest consumers. In power, we are self-suffi...