India’s Political Ambition of Implementing Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Targets

The Indian transportation sector is going through a massive transition, especially the light-duty vehicle (LDV) sector. Policymakers consider the electrification of road transport to be one of the ways of solving India’s triple problem of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, rising oil imports, and increasing urban air pollution. Several government ministries and departments have been involved in supporting the transition of the transport sector.