Delhi plans to seek support from the Centre under the PM E-DRIVE scheme to expand electric vehicle charging and battery swapping infrastructure. Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) is to be appointed the nodal agency for planning, coordination and implementation. Officials said DTL will aggregate demand, identify locations and assess load requirements across departments.

It will undertake system level planning to ensure optimal siting, grid readiness and phased deployment. The transport department will require standard operating procedures detailing technical standards, approval processes, timelines, service level benchmarks and monitoring mechanisms for deployment and operation. The procedures are intended to streamline approvals and ensure consistent service quality.

A dedicated digital portal will be developed to manage site onboarding, approvals, monitoring and reporting either under the PM E-DRIVE framework or a Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) specific platform. The portal will operate with District Magistrates, Deputy Commissioners and the Revenue department for end to end management. A high powered committee under the Chief Secretary will frame policy and oversee implementation.

DTL will create a single window facility for faster clearances and expedited electricity connections for charging point and battery swapping operators deploying public and semi public charging stations. The government will engage original equipment manufacturers to ensure supply of electric vehicles and to require each dealer to host at least one public charging station comprising three charging points for two or three wheelers and two for four wheelers.

The Environment department will enforce the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 and extended producer responsibility requirements to ensure sound management of waste batteries. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee will prepare a policy framework, facilitate battery collection centres under a public private partnership model with recyclers and notify SOPs for safe collection, storage and transfer of waste batteries to authorised recyclers or Producer Responsibility Organisations. Under the new EV policy five point eight million (mn) two wheelers are being targeted through subsidies and scrappage incentives and the number of public charging and battery swapping points will increase from 9,000 to 36,000.