The Supreme Court today(November 13) continued to hear a public interest litigation seeking promotion and implementation of electric vehicle policies. It orally remarked that it's high time for the Government to revisit the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), 2020 , on promotion and adoption of electric vehicles and maybe initiate a pilot project in metropolitan cities.

Appearing before a bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi , Advocate Prashant Bhushan submitted that they are trying to seek directions in terms of the Government's declared policy, NEMMP , in which some rebate is given on the purchase of electric vehicles, considering that their cost is higher than that of a regular vehicle.

"Therefore, the proposal of the NITI Aayog

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