To promote electric vehicles in the state, the urban development and housing (UDH) department will allot government land on concessional rates.As per the order dated September 28, land will be allotted at 50% concession for first 500 renewable energy based EV charging stations installed within five years.

In the budget speech, the chief minister Ashok Gehlot announced Rajasthan policy, 2019 and Rajasthan Wind and Hybrid Energy Policy-2019. The provisions to allot land on the concessional rates are made under these policies.

As per the calculations, for slow charging stations in urban limits minimum 800 square feet land is required where at least 10 vehicles can be charged at a given time. Similarly, fast-charging stations require a set-up on minimum 460 square feet land where it can have capacity of six vehicles.

As per a survey, there are 15,000 EVs in the city. In the coming days, these stations will be as ubiquitous as petrol pumps in the JDA region. “The tentative cost of running an e-vehicle is between Rs 1.25 and Rs 1.50 per km.