Delhi EV draft rules

Delhi has put its next electric-vehicle policy out for public comment, and the draft would reserve most purchase incentives for Delhi residents while tightening registration rules for petrol and compressed natural gas vehicles. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (hindustantimes.com) Under the draft published on April 12, 2026, only electric three-wheelers would be allowed for new registrations from January 1, 2027, and only electric two-wheelers from April 1, 2028. The consultation window runs 30 days, through May 10, officials said. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (hindustantimes.com) The incentive menu is aimed at electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and goods carriers. The draft lists ₹50,000 for replacement of an old compressed natural gas auto-rickshaw in year one, ₹1 lakh for an electric goods vehicle in year one, ₹10,000 for scrapping an older two-wheeler and buying an electric one, and ₹1 lakh for a private electric car priced below ₹30 lakh, capped at the first 100,000 eligible applicants. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The draft also keeps tax breaks at the center of the policy. It proposes a 100% exemption from road tax and registration fees for electric vehicles, while strong hybrid cars priced up to ₹30 lakh would get a 50% exemption. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) Delhi is trying to replace an older policy that was approved in August 2020 for three years and set a goal of 25% of new vehicle registrations being electric by 2024. The current draft raises that benchmark sharply, with a stated goal of 95% electric share in new registrations by 2027. (ceew.in) (auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com) The gap between those two targets is large. Hindustan Times reported that Delhi is still at an estimated 13% to 14% electric share in new registrations, and that the 2020 policy’s target of 45,000 charging points is only about 10% built out, with many points not working. (hindustantimes.com) The draft leans hardest on vehicle categories that dominate Delhi’s roads. Two-wheelers make up about 67% of the city’s vehicle stock, according to the draft cited by Hindustan Times, while three-wheelers and light goods vehicles log high daily mileage and account for a larger share of urban pollution than their numbers alone suggest. (hindustantimes.com) The plan reaches beyond private buyers. The March 2025 policy outline said Delhi wants all compressed natural gas auto-rickshaws, taxis and light commercial vehicles replaced in phases by electric models, and it also promised a full shift of public buses run by Delhi Transport Corporation and Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System to electric buses. (auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com) (dimts.in) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the draft combines financial incentives, regulatory mandates and charging infrastructure, and the government is now asking residents and industry to respond before the rules are finalized. The next step is not the subsidy table but whether Delhi can turn a draft with hard dates into chargers, buses and vehicles on the road by those dates. (hindustantimes.com)