India, April 12 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday earmarked a total outlay of Rs 3,954.25 crore for the implementation of the new Electric Vehicle policy 2026. This comes after the unveiling of the draft Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2026 in the public domain, inviting suggestions and feedback from stakeholders and citizens within 30 days.

According to Rekha Gupta, this includes Rs 1,236.25 crore for purchase incentives, Rs 1,718 crore for scrapping incentives and Rs 1,000 crore for charging infrastructure development.

Year-wise expenditure has also been outlined, with Rs 965.5 crore planned for the first year, Rs 1,012.75 crore for the second, Rs 1,231.5 crore for the third and Rs 744.5 crore for the fourth year.

The Chief Mini...