Summary:
Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a tweet said,"Cabinet approves hiring of consultant to run 1000 electric buses in Delhi. Presenting the budget, he said,"We will be the only nation besides China to have a fleet of 1,000 electric buses. Currently, pure electric buses are operating in over 200 cities in 48 countries worldwide but the major share (about 98%) is in China. The Delhi government was the first in India to bring out a Green Budget for 2018-19, identifying 26 short and long-term measures to combat air pollution in Delhi, including electric buses. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in his 2018 budget, had promised to roll out electric buses by April 2019..