Context :
Electric
vehicles usage should be made mandatory for all govt officials: Gadkari / ET /
20 Feb 2021
Extract :
Ø Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday made a case for making it mandatory
to use electric vehicles for all officials in government ministries and
department. He also suggested that the government should give subsidy to buy electric cooking
appliances instead of giving support for buying cooking gas to
households.
Ø Addressing
at the launch Go Electric campaign, Gadkari said, " Why don't we
provide subsidy on electric cooking appliances. We already provide subsidy on
cooking gas. “
Ø He
was of the view that electricity cooking is clean and
will also reduce import dependence for gas.
Gadkari suggested that use of electric vehicles
should be made mandatory for all government officials.
Ø He,
further, urged Power Minister R K Singh to make is mandatory to use electric
vehicles for officials in his department saying he will do so for his
departments.
He said that use of 10,000 electric vehicles in
Delhi can alone save Rs 30 crore per month.
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Dear Shri Nitinbhai,
No doubt you are aware
that state-owned EESL had placed an order for 10,000
Electric Cars on TATA and M&M, some 3 years back . In turn, EESL had
planned to sell these cars to various Govt departments
These cars ( costing
Approx Rs 12 lakh each ) were to be delivered within ONE year. Within a few
months, ( after delivery of a few cars ), a lot of controversy arose ( in
respect of poor performance ) and the order was cancelled . Then, about an year
back, EESL placed a small order for a Foreign EV costing Rs 22 lakh . No news
about that
Last week, I saw a Youtube
video showing TATA Sanand plant rolling off TATA TIGOR EV ( small order for 150
cars / selling for Rs 10.6 lakhs ? ) for
delivery to EESL
May be EESL guys are
saying : Better
LATE then NEVER
But over the past 3 years, I have sent following e-mails ( to EESL ), urging it to say :
Better LEASE than BUY
Question :
How much time (and perseverance) does it take to
get across your point to the Authorities ?
Answer :
In this case, 36
months , starting with my first E Mail ( suggesting “ Wet Lease “ ) , on 16 Aug 2017
I hope Shri Gadkariji succeeds in convincing EESL about WET LEASE saving thousands of crores every year
Here are links to all the E Mails ( sent to
Cabinet ministers / State CMs / NITI Aayog / EESL / BMC etc ) :
2017 ( 3 )
EESL : Lease cars , do not Buy !
………………………………………[ 16 Aug 2017 ]
Waiting to be proved wrong !
…………………………………………….[ 30 Sept 2017 ]
To Buy or not to Buy ? [ 11 Oct 2017 ]
2018 ( 15 )
Logical to Lease …………………………………………………………………..[
06 March 2018 ]
Scam ? #EESL #NDA #BJP #MNRE ……………………………………[ 08
March 2018 ]
Buy or Lease ?
………………………………………………………………………[ 03 April 2018 ]
Do
they have an option ? [
14 April 2018 ]
#EV #ElectricVehicles #FAME ………………………………………………[
09 May 2018 ]
#EV #ElectricVehicles #EESL #WetLease…………………………….[
13 May 2018 ]
Connecting the News………………………………………………………………[
18 June 2018 ]
#EESL #EV #ElectricCars ………………………………………………………[
27 June 2018 ]
EESL : Grab this chance !................................................[
01 Aug 2018 ]
EESL : Put it off indefinitely ! [ 19 Aug 2018 ]
EESL : Getting Away from Straitjacket ? [ 26 Aug 2018 ]
If China can , so can We [ 27 Aug 2018 ]
Cars on Subscription ? Convenience Redefined [ 10 Sept 2018 ]
EESL : It is your move now ! [ 12 Oct 2018 ]
Thank You , Shri Jaitleyji, [ 25 Dec 2018 ]
2019 ( 2 )
Thank You , Shri Bagde …………………………………………………………….[
27 Feb 2019 ]
E- Bus : without ETA [ Expected Time of Arrival ] ? [ 04 Apr 2019 ]
2020 ( 1 )
BEST poised to get BETTER ?
…………………………………………………….[ 24 Aug 2020 ]
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Dear Shri
Gadkariji,
Your logic for subsidizing purchase of ELECTRIC COOKING
APPLIANCES, is impeccable !
Here too, my ( so far unsuccessful ) efforts to persuade
the Govt Policy Makers, start with the following e–mails :
Solar
Chula ? Some Unanswered Questions ………………… [ 03 Nov 2017 ]
Solar
Chulha : Where can I buy ? ………………………………………..[ 16 July 2018 ]
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Time to
" Talk the Walk "…………………………………………………………[ 19 Sept 2020 ]
Extract :
Dear
Shri R K Singhji
Just came across :
https://lnkd.in/e6xiYeZ
where you said :
" Electricity is future of India / most of its
infrastructure will be powered by electricity, including cooking completely on electricity, giving
poor strata of society a cheaper medium of cooking..
a POWER FOUNDATION is being set up under the Ministry for the purpose. large scale
use of electric cooking will make the economy self-reliant "
Pl consider following suggestion :
Dear Shri
Goyalji : How about a Solar Cooker ? ……[ 26 Aug 2020
]
How can Govt help to accelerate a RAPID ADOPTION of Solar Cookers ?
By providing a DBT of 75 % of the Sale Price of a Solar
Cooker (meeting specific performance criteria and having obtained a
prior ISI certificate), into the Jan Dhan A/C of the buyer ( subject to max
of Rs 7,500 )
This subsidy would be available to a HOUSE-HOLD(and not to each person in the
family ), and can be availed only ONCE per family
Subsidy would be available for only DIRECT PURCHASE from govt approved
Authorized Dealers – and not from Re-Sellers
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Not
in one day : What about 3 years ? …………………………………[ 25 Oct 2020 ]
Extract :
Let us focus on just one cause of air
pollution – specifically INDOOR ( household )
air pollution caused by cooking ,
using wood / cow-dung cakes etc
Above report says this has considerably come
down due to implementation of :
Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana Household LPG “
programme
At what ( recurring ) cost ?
Take a look :
No DBT on
subsidised LPG for 3 months due to favourable oil market / July
28 , 2020
Extract :
Ø Under the direct benefit transfer scheme (DBT), the government provides subsidy on 12 cylinders a household uses in a year. While consumers buy cooking gas at market rates, the calculated subsidy amount is transferred directly into their accounts.
The government has allocated Rs 40,915 crore as petroleum subsidy for FY21, a 6 per cent increase from Rs 38,569 crore allocated for the last fiscal
Ø Out of this the allocation for LPG subsidy has been increased
to Rs 37,256.21 crore
for current year.
Now take a look at the following figures :
Ø Total No of
Households in India………………………. 27 Crore ( 270
million )
Ø Poor Households
covered by Ujwalla Scheme… 8
Crore ( 80 million )
Ø Increase in
LPG Consumption ( 2014 > 2019 ).. 56 %
Ø Import of LPG (
in Aug 2020 )……………………………… 1.24 million tons
Ø LNG import in
2019-20…………33,680
(MMSCM) ( $9.5 billion= Rs 70024 crore )
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MY TAKE :
Ø Allocation
of Rs 37,256 crore for LPG subsidy ( for cooking ), is an ANNUAL RECURRING expense
Ø If
household cooking was to be based on use of a SOLAR CHULHA (
Stove ), then no need for LPG !
Ø Some
3 years ago, IIT-B won a competition for design of a Solar Cooking Stove
Ø Govt
had specified its max “ Sale Price” at Rs 10,000 /- per Stove
[ $ 135 ]
Ø For
Rs 37,256 Crore , govt can buy and distribute ( FREE ), some 3.7 cr ( 37 million ) solar stoves
Ø Within
about 2 years, Govt can handover a SOLAR STOVE to all households covered by
Ujwalla Scheme
Ø Of
course , since food gets cooked even when there is NO SUNSHINE , each Solar
Stove would require Tesla’s POWERWALL type
of Storage device
( in
which PM Shri Modi had shown keen interest during his visit to TESLA factory in
2015 )
Ø If my
suggestion gets implemented, country
would save annually , foreign exchange worth Rs 37,256 Cr
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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/
hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 20
Feb 2021
CC :
min.png@nic.in
/ d.pradhan@sansad.nic.in
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