New Delhi, June 30 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the Delhi EV Policy-2026, announced on June 29, will come into effect from July 1. She noted that the previous government had introduced an EV policy in 2020 to promote electric vehicles in Delhi, and that policy played its part in initiating the city's transition towards electric mobility.

According to the Chief Minister's Office, she said that however, over time, it became clear that simply offering incentives to increase the number of electric vehicles was not enough. What Delhi now needed was a comprehensive policy that would gradually transform the entire transport system towards electric mobility.

The Chief Minister said it is with this vision that the Delhi Governme...