Telangana Government has decided to make it mandatory for schools and organisations with sizeable employees strength to ensure electric vehicles constituted at least 25% to 50% of their transport fleet.
A comprehensive policy in this direction is being actively worked out and the guidelines will be released soon. The Government is trying to ensure that 50% of the vehicles owned by different departments and officials are electric vehicles. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) that discussions were held with representatives of the companies manufacturing electric vehicles where they were asked to give concessions to Government employees who are opting for electric vehicles in place of those running on conventional fuels.
He was responding to the concerns expressed by the members over the increasing pollution levels in the State Capital which was next only to New Delhi. The Government had already put in place a comprehensive policy for promoting the use of electric vehicles exempting this class of vehicles from registration charges and motor vehicle tax.
EVs constitute 2% of total vehicles
As a result, sales of electric vehicles increased significantly in the recent months with EVs constituting 2% of the total vehicles in the State as against 0.03% two years ago. “The decision was taken in spite of the scope for losing ¤900 crore revenue through MV tax and registration charges,” he said.
