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India has set an ambitious target of deploying 30 per cent of total vehicles as electric vehicles by 2030 which is only 11 years from now but where are we today in term of the deployment of electric vehicles and are we headed in the right direction?

As the government pushes for faster adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) through policies, the future of mobility, according to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari would be electric but for a country where pollution is a major crisis to tackle, EVs which emit no pollution still have less than one per cent market share of total automobile sector. Here is a lowdown on things you need to know if you plan to switch to EVs and do your bit to combat pollution

Electric vehicles are a clean alternative to traditional vehicles and as the government pushes for a transition toward electric mobility, here are five domestic start-ups that are hoping to make a difference

While the government of India has been trying to push for faster adoption of electric vehicles among people to combat pollution and decrease the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, here are five places which have already gone electric

According to the experts and the industry players, charging infrastructure is the most crucial enabler in the transition to electric mobility, but even though the government is pushing for electric vehicles, there is a long way to go before India develops a robust charging infrastructure

In October 2014, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was instituted to achieve the vision of ‘clean India’ and eliminate the practice of open defecation by October 2, 2019

As the government of India has been pushing for electric vehicles to reduce vehicular pollution, here are the key terms that you need to be aware of if you plan to go the electric way

Waste segregation in India is mandatory - be it by the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 or the Two-Bins nation-wide campaign launched in 2017 on World Environment Day by the government. To check on the ground reality, NDTV visited different localities of the New Delhi, here is what we found

With a simple process of composting an individual can do his bit for the environment and divert a bulk of the waste from overflowing landfills. Here’s a complete lowdown on one of waste management’s simple techniques – composting

Help India from drowning in its own waste mess, adopt the basic waste management steps like upcycling and recycling and help save the planet. Here's some help

After achieving the Open Defecation Free tag, Haryana is gearing up for the battle of waste management. Though the authorities have started making plan such as small garbage dump yards for villagers, recycling of waste and door-to-door garbage collection, but still the road to Swachh Haryana is long as people living in the rural parts are completely unaware about the concept of waste management

Out of 62 million tonnes of waste being produced by urban India, mere 11.9 million tonnes is treated – it is time to rethink the way we have been generating and managing waste

In 2017, on World Environment Day, the government had launched a massive waste management project in 4,000 cities across the country , wherein waste segregation at source was made mandatory, nearly two years down the line the on ground reality in one of the major citiy of India - Delhi remains unchanged

As per the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) the basic import duty on lithium-ion cells which are used in the manufacturing of battery packs will be doubled while the battery pack used in manufacturing electric vehicles will be tripled, to encourage indigenous manufacturing of EVs and make these more affordable