Climate Politics
India Approves $7 Billion Plan to Electrify Public Transport
- Nation wants to add 10,000 electric buses in cities by 2037
- Electric bus makers Olectra, JBM rally on announcement
An auto rickshaw rides past an electric bus in New Delhi.
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India has approved an investment of 576.13 billion rupees ($7 billion) for green public transportation as it seeks to curb emissions from vehicles and meet swelling demand in its cities.
The investment will be made to deploy 10,000 electric buses across cities, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said Wednesday. “There is a lack of public transport, especially buses, in cities,” he said, after a meeting of the federal cabinet. “This move will give a boost to electric mobility.”