New Delhi, July 23 -- The Centre on Wednesday issued the operational guidelines for its Parivartan vehicle replacement scheme, under which light goods vehicles in Delhi can be replaced only with electric models, while incentives for scrapping older buses will be available only if they are replaced with electric or BS-VI CNG vehicles.

The guidelines operationalise the Parivartan (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivisation of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) scheme, approved by the Union cabinet on June 3, to accelerate the replacement of Bharat Stage (BS)-IV and older trucks and buses in the National Capital Region (NCR) with cleaner BS-VI or electric vehicles.

Besides buying a cleaner...