Niti Aayog plans to advocate 90% EV share in private vehicles by 2047

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The federal policy think tank Niti Aayog may advocate raising the share of electric vehicles in India’s privately owned cars and two-wheelers to 90% by 2047 from nearly 6% now as part of the nation’s energy transition, according to three people aware of the development.

This plan will be part of the long-term decarbonization roadmap to be launched shortly by the think tank for transport, industrial, buildings, agriculture, and power sectors, said the people, asking not to be identified as the details are not public yet. It will also lay out a pathway to increase the share of rail and air travel, with the target of India becoming a net-zero emitter by 2070, they said.

India’s EV adoption has been rising, accounting for 5.9% of all vehicle registrations in 2025, according to data from the government’s Vahan registry. However, the penetration lags China and countries in Europe.

India’s road transport and highways minister, Nitin Gadkari, said at a conference in September 2024 that all automakers will eventually have to launch electric models or risk losing market share. To achieve high levels of EV adoption in personal vehicles, India needs more models that cater to different commuting requirements, according to Shyamasis Das, research fellow and head of electric mobility research at Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).

“...while automakers have come out with multiple electric models of the compact sports utility vehicles (SUVs), there are still very few models which cater to smaller commutes," Das said. “And it is critical to note that smaller EVs are more affordable than larger ones due to the smaller battery size, which will potentially be more interesting to the