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The second SilverLine debate held in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday saw a brutal attack on the methods employed by Kerala Rail Development Corporation (K-Rail) to push for the SilverLine semi high speed project.
The policy seeks a level playing field across business models involving the sale of EVs with fixed or swappable batteries.
The Kerala Revenue Department, in an order issued on December 3, 2015, had laid down the scheme of compensation.
The Board also said in the RTI reply that it did not have any details to show whether K-Rail Limited convinced NITI Aayog about the real cost of the project.
Gujarat was followed by Kerala and Punjab, according to the government think tank's report. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were placed at the bottom.
India wants electric scooters and motorbikes to make up 80% of total two-wheeler sales by 2030, from about 2% today. Modi's administration is offering companies billions of dollars in incentives to locally manufacture electric vehicles.
When the DPR was submitted for clearance in November 2020, the NITI Aayog had raised doubt whether the project would cost Rs.1.25 lakh crore.
K-Rail authorities said that SYSTRA, the agency which prepared the DPR, dealt with transportation sector and was no expert in financial matters.
The three-hour discussion on K-Rail Semi High Speed project in the Assembly on Monday went along expected lines.
Opposition leader V D Satheesan had doubts about the viability of the project. He wanted to know whether Kerala could stand guarantee for such a huge amount.