Hyderabad, March 30 -- Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday, March 30, said that the government is promoting the use of Electric Vehicles as he arrived at the Telangana Assembly in one such vehicle.

He said that EVs are environmentally friendly and that the government has exempted road tax for these vehicles, along with no registration fee. "The Telangana government formulated an EV policy intending to maintain Hyderabad's Air Quality Index. Government employees are being offered 10-20 per cent discount on Electric Vehicles," Prabhkar said.

He thanked Tata Motors, Ola Electric, Gavton Motors for manufacturing the EVs and urged other companies to step forward.

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