Electric taxi conversion: HP govt okays 40% subsidy

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, in its meeting held here on Saturday under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, decided to allow the Transport Department to issue the necessary permissions for conversion of 1000 existing diesel/petrol taxis into electric taxis, with a provision of 40 per cent subsidy under the Rajiv Gandhi Swarozgar Yojana.