The Department of Economic
Affairs has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL),
an entity under Ministry of Power, for deployment of 15 Electric Vehicles for
their officers. Also, 28 charging points (24 Slow charging points, 4 Fast
Charging Points) have been installed at North Block for charging these
vehicles. With these 15 EVs, the Department
of Economic Affairs is expected to save over 36,000 liters of fuel every year
and will also lead to a reduction of over 440 tonnes of CO2 annually. To help the government’s
e-mobility vision, EESL plans to replace the government’s 5 lakh conventional
internal combustion engine (ICE) cars with electric variants. The signing ceremony took place
in the presence of FM Arun Jaitley; R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) Power
and New & Renewable Energy; Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Secretary, Department of
Revenue; Ajay Narayan Jha, Finance Secretary & Secretary (Expenditure);
Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; and Ajay
Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power. Arun Jaitley also flagged off the EVs at the North Block. The Department of Expenditure has
also issued an office memorandum for all the government offices in Delhi/NCR to
switch to electric vehicles. EESL has received an encouraging
response from Central Government departments and across states. So far, Agreements
and MoUs have been signed with Central and State Government departments in
Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Administration and
Telangana. EESL is also in advanced
negotiations with other state governments. 
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By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-11 11:06:09
The Department of Economic
Affairs has signed an agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL),
an entity under Ministry of Power, for deployment of 15 Electric Vehicles for
their officers. Also, 28 charging points (24 Slow charging points, 4 Fast
Charging Points) have been installed at North Block for charging these
vehicles.
With these 15 EVs, the Department of Economic Affairs is expected to save over 36,000 liters of fuel every year and will also lead to a reduction of over 440 tonnes of CO2 annually.
To help the government’s e-mobility vision, EESL plans to replace the government’s 5 lakh conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars with electric variants.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of FM Arun Jaitley; R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) Power and New & Renewable Energy; Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Secretary, Department of Revenue; Ajay Narayan Jha, Finance Secretary & Secretary (Expenditure); Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs; and Ajay Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power. Arun Jaitley also flagged off the EVs at the North Block.
The Department of Expenditure has also issued an office memorandum for all the government offices in Delhi/NCR to switch to electric vehicles.
EESL has received an encouraging response from Central Government departments and across states. So far, Agreements and MoUs have been signed with Central and State Government departments in Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Administration and Telangana.
EESL is also in advanced negotiations with other state governments.
