Gadkariji ,
what makes you so angry ?
Media is full of reports of what you said
to industry executives at the annual convention of SIAM , a few days back :
“ I am not going to ask you . I will
bulldoze it , - Petrol-diesel banana walo ka band baajaa bajaanaa hai “
I am an ardent admire of your politeness / determination / perseverance ,
but this display of anger , even took me by surprise !
Could
it be something about our Auto Industry that only you know – and we don’t ?
Or , could it be your frustration with the many layers of government
bureaucracy , which has not allowed you to release that eagerly awaited “ Road-Map for switch-over to the Electric Transport by 2030 “ ?
Or , could it be that your frustration relates to the speed with which
China is going about this matter , as per following report in Economic Times ( 11 sept ) :
# China would
gradually withdraw financial subsidies for fossil-fuel based auto sector
# Under the latest proposal , 8 % 0f automakers’ sales would have to be battery electric or
plug-in hybrid models by next year
# This has to rise to 10 % in 2019 and 12 % in 2020 , but the rules would not be enforced until 2019, a year later than
initially planned
# It has set goals for electric and plug-in hybrid cars to
make up at least a fifth of auto sales by 2025
# China’s auto
market , the World’s largest, grew to 28 million vehicles in 2016 and will
likely climb 5 % in 2017 to 29.4 million vehicles
Even though you are an impatient man ( -
a very desirable virtue for a Minister ) , I hope that this cabinet note , when
it gets approved , fully addresses the following
complex issues :
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A ….. Time Frame for Change-Over
{ Chinese
are implementing what I suggested in my email of 27 March 2016 }
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B…… Disposal of existing petrol / diesel
vehicles
My 15 month old suggestion
at :
Retiring Old Vehicles : Gadkari Style [
30 May 2016 ]
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C…… Infrastructure of Charging Stations , all over
the
country
{
Not required ?
Yes please , if you will
just give
ISRO a chance ! }
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D……
Financing of E-cars
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E……
Incentives for E-Car Manufacturers / Car Buyers
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F…… General / Global Incentives
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In my following blog ( sent as email to NDA Ministers 17 months ago ) , I have made some very specific suggestions on the above-mentioned
issues, which , I hope , will find a place in your Cabinet note :
PIYUSH PLAN [ 27 March
2016 ]
It seems the Chinese found time to read my blog and adopted most of my
suggestions in their PLAN , with minor changes ! May be they also read ,
An Electric Future ? [
17 Aug 2017 ]
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Then there are following other issues, which too need to be
addressed sharply in that Road Map . My own suggested solutions in respect of
these , has been emailed to you earlier :
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PROBLEM …….
Hybrid or Full
Electric ?
SOLUTION
……..
Nota Straight Forward Answer [ 03
March 2017 ]
Wasted Grains [ 09
Sept 2011 ]
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PROBLEM …
Employment ( especially 1.5 million jobs in MSME component
manufacturers )
SOLUTION…..
What will Drivers do ? [
30 Sept 2016 ]
A Union of Vehicle Owners ? [ 03
Aug 2017 ]
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PROBLEM……
Clean Power for Charging Stations (not simply transferring
pollution to fossil fuel plants )
SOLUTION
Not a Day too Soon [ 09
March 2017 ]
Coal Story : Missing Points [
17 April 2017 ]
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PROBLEM……
Li-ion Battery / Power Train / Internet-Connected Vehicles / BS 3-4-6 progression
Technology Licensing /
Local Manufacture / Phased Manufacturing Program
SOLUTION……
ELON; hesitation can hurt [
03 July 2017 ]
Is it NOW or NEVER ? [ 23 June
2017 ]
Enable Elon to Catalyse [
15 June 2017 ]
The Missing Link [
05 June 2017 ]
Time to get Charged – Up ? [
27 May 2017 ]
From Elon to ION [
11 May 2017 ]
Not Tough at all ! [ 08
May 2017 ]
A “ Reverse Toll “ ? Possible [
07 May 2017 ]
SolarPanels charging Li-ion Batteries of Electric Cars ? [
04 May 2017 ]
More than one Solution [
28 April 2017 ]
BEST out of a BAD Bargain [
29 March 2017 ]
Shri Raoteji has a vision [
23 March 2017 ]
Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) [
04 March 2017 ]
Welcome , Elon Musk ! [
10 Feb 2017 ]
A Living Room on the Go ? [
17 June 2017
]
Will TESLA follow Apple ? [
23 May 2017 ]
Look before you leap [
22 May 2017 ]
Piyush Goyal is a Visionary [
19 March 2017 ]
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PROBLEM …….
Public Transport / Ride Share Taxies / Two-wheeler Taxies
SOLUTION…..
A Rickshaw by Any Other Name [ 20
Aug 2016 ]
Cheaper to call a Cab ? [
14 Aug 2017 ]
Remembering King Canute [
17 July 2017 ]
UrbanTransport Policy [
09 June 2017 ]
Nameof the Game : Co-operation [ 23
Sept 2016 ]
Best getting Better ? [ 20
Aug 2017 ]
Revolutionizing Transport ? [
14 July 2017 ]
Kaali- Peeli : Wake Up [
03 Oct 2016 ]
Tablets in Taxies ? [
16 May 2016 ]
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PROBLEM
……
Insufficient Parking Spaces on Public Roads
SOLUTION
……
Who says Impossible ?
[ 31 May
2017 ]
Un-Implementable Laws : Un-Stoppable Corruption [
20 Feb 2017 ]
A Knee-jerk Approach ? [
22 Dec 2016 ]
Leveraging NaviC [ 30
May 2017 ]
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PROBLEM…….
Discouraging Car Ownership / Encouraging Car Leasing
SOLUTION…….
EESL: Lease cars , do not Buy [ 16
Aug 2017 ]
Whydon’t they park in their flats ? [
01 Sept 2017 ]
OneCar per Family ? [
27 Sept 2016 ]
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PROBLEM…….
Bicycles to replace Cars
SOLUTION…….
ASensible Solution [
03 Sept 2017 ]
A Radical Radial Revolution ! [
18 Aug 2016 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-radical-radial-revolution.html
PROBLEM……
Making
Cars , Smart / Safe / Social ( Opportunity of a life-time , riding on
E Cars !
)
SOLUTION…..
SmartCars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ? [
31 Aug 2017 ]
Dear Gadkariji :
I am sure you must have received similar suggestions from many
others , including from members of SIAM / ACMA
You might have even incorporated some of these in your proposed “ ROAD MAP “
But , just like De-Monetization / GST , and River Inter-linking , what you have
proposed for switch-over to E – Vehicles , is simply UN-PRECEDENTED !
It is quite possible that your “ Out of Box “ thinking , will , even get ridiculed by those whose
approach is similar to Ostrich hiding its face in the sand to ride out the
storm !
Hence , I urge you to display the same
pragmatism / realism, which NDA government showed in DeMo / GST roll out and ,
based on feedback received
from the Auto Industry over
the next few months , carry out the necessary COURSE CORRECTION
and keep modifying that ROAD
MAP
I have no doubt , members of SIAM / ACMA will not hold back their
feedback
13 Sept 2017
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