🚛⚡ Centre Allocates ₹500 Crore to Electrify India’s Freight Sector: PM-eBus to PM-eTruck

India takes a significant leap in green freight logistics with the launch of PM-eTruck (PM-eDrive) — a new initiative aimed at promoting electric truck adoption, supported by a ₹500 crore financial outlay.

You may have already seen electric buses navigating city roads under the PM-eBus Sewa. But this latest shift focuses on freight, a long-overlooked yet crucial segment in the race to net-zero emissions.

🟢 Key Highlights of the PM-eDrive Scheme:

₹500 crore earmarked to incentivize the purchase and deployment of electric trucks.

Focus is not only on purchasing e-trucks but also creating a viable commercial ecosystem around their sale and usage.

Special allocations made for Delhi, recognizing its critical air quality challenges.

Offers incentives of up to ₹9.6 lakh per vehicle (indicative).

🌱 Why This Matters:

Freight vehicles—despite being fewer in number—contribute disproportionately to urban air pollution and GHG emissions.

Electrifying trucks is a vital step toward decarbonizing India’s transport logistics, often missing from public transport-based e-mobility narratives.

The scheme supports Make in India goals by stimulating demand in the domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry.

🚀 Looking Ahead:

With India aiming for net-zero by 2070, PM-eDrive complements broader clean mobility efforts—EV buses, metro expansions, hydrogen pilots—and positions the freight sector as a clean growth engine.

This move will also push for more charging infrastructure, fleet modernization, and stronger OEM participation across commercial vehicle segments.

It’s a green signal—quite literally—for sustainable logistics in India.

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