National Electric Mobility Mission Plan Launched

The Hon’ble Prime
Minister
unveiled the National
Electric Mobility
Mission Plan
(NEMMP) 2020 in the
presence of Shri
Praful Patel, Minister
for Heavy Industries
& Public Enterprises
and Shri Montek
Singh Ahluwalia, Dy.
Chairman, Planning
Commission. The
ceremony was
attended by eminent
leaders from the
automotive industry,
academia and
research institutes,
officers of stakeholder
Ministries, National
Manufacturing
Competitiveness
Council.
The principal end
objectives of the
National Mission for
Electric Mobility
(NMEM) are National
energy security,
mitigation of the
adverse impact of
vehicles on the
environment and
growth of domestic
manufacturing
capabilities. The
NEMMP 2020, the
mission document for
the NMEM that was
approved by the
National Council for
Electric Mobility
(NCEM) on 29th
August, 2012, sets the
vision, lays the
targets and provides
the joint Government
– industry vision for
realizing the huge
potential that exists
for full range of
efficient and
environmentally
friendly electric
vehicle (including
hybrids) technologies
by 2020.
The NEMMP 2020 is a
well researched
document and relies
on in-depth primary
data based study
conducted jointly by
the Government and
the Industry which
indicates that high
latent demand for
environmentally
friendly electric
vehicle technologies
exists in the country.
As per these
projections, 6-7
million units of new
vehicle sales of the
full range of electric
vehicles, along with
resultant liquid fuel
savings of 2.2 – 2.5
million tonnes can be
achieved in 2020. This
will also result in
substantial lowering
of vehicular emissions
and decrease in
carbon di-oxide
emissions by 1.3% to
1.5% in 2020 as
compared to a status
quo scenario.
However, in view of
the significant
barriers that exist
today for these
frontier technologies,
the global experience
indicates that this is
an area where
Governments need to
focus their efforts and
provide support that
is necessary for
creation of the eco
system and viable self
sustaining business in
the near future. This
includes providing
initial impetus
through demand
support measures that
facilitate faster
consumer acceptance
of these expensive
newer technologies.
In addition,
Government will also
need to facilitate
automotive R&D and
put in place charging
infrastructure. It is
estimated that the
Government will need
to provide support to
the tune of Rs 13000 –
Rs 14000 Crore over
the next 5-6 years.
The industry will also
need to match this
with a much larger
investment for
developing the
products and creating
the manufacturing
eco-system.
The NEMMP 2020
projections also
indicate that the
savings from the
decrease in liquid
fossil fuel
consumption as a
result of shift to
electric mobility alone
will far exceed the
support provided
thereby making this a
highly economically
viable proposition.
Therefore on all
counts encouraging
the faster adoption of
hybrid & electric
vehicles and their
manufacture in India
is a wise investment
for our future
generations.
NMEM is amongst the
most significant
interventions of the
Government that
promises to transform
the automotive
paradigm of the
future by lessening
the dependence on
fossil fuels, increasing
energy efficiency of
vehicles and by
providing the means
to achieve ultimate
objective of cleaner
transportation that is
compatible with
sustainable renewable
energy generation.
This Intervention will
also help encourage
the Indian Automotive
Industry to shift to
newer, cleaner
technologies so that it
builds its future
competitive advantage
around
environmentally
sustainable products,
high end
technologies,
innovation and
knowledge.
The implementation
and roll out of the
NEMMP 2020 will be
done through various
specific schemes,
interventions, policies
that are currently
under formulation
and will be
considered by the
Government in the
near future.