Extract :
·
The finance minister has asked all government departments to switch
over from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles while hiring
cars…
·
In recent years, to cut
down on manpower and maintenance costs, government
departments have opted to lease
vehicles….
·
….. and has a lower operating cost,
the expenditure department said in a note to other government departments
·
North Block has issued the circular and also
attached a revamped lease agreement ……….
·
Government’s own experiment to lease 10,000
electric vehicle from public sector Energy Efficiency Sevices Limited ( EESL ) has not fully
taken off
·
In fact a second tender for
vehicles from companies such as TATA and Mahindra has
not been issued as the manufacturers are yet to complete the
first order
·
Further, officials pointed out that the charging
infrastructure is inadequate with only a few chargers in NITI Aayog and
just one point in Udyog Bhavan and a few other government offices
·
Before cars are leased, a network
of chargers will have to be put in place ….
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Since Aug 2017 , I have sent 16 e-mails to the Cabinet
Ministers / NITI Aayog / EESL etc, urging that,
·
EESL
itself should modify its first tender ( for 10,000 Electric Cars ) from outright “ purchase “ to “ Wet Lease “
Main advantages of wet-leasing :
·
Saving of initial capital outlay of Rs
1200 crore ( for 10,000 cars )
Over
the next 4 years, EESL plans to replace the entire govt fleet of 500,000 petrol / diesel
cars with Electric cars
·
Big saving in operating cost ( Rs / km )
·
No need to worry about setting up Charging
Network
( - this will happen only
if the lease rent is stipulated in “ Rs / km “ and not “ Rs /
month “ . Under such terms , TATA / M&M
will rush to set up a wide network of
charging stations to ensure that their
leased cars do not run out of charge and idle )
·
No worry about driver absenteeism / leave
replacement
The details of advantages are explained at length
in my last email :
EESL
: It is your move now ! …………………………………………………………..[ 12 Oct 2018
]
Now Shri Jaitleyji is a highly cultured and polite
person
He will not say :
“ EESL , I want
you to opt for leasing “
He is more likely to say : “ Saurabh Kumarji, I request you to examine
the leasing option “
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26 Dec 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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