The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which represents the digital services sector, has pressured the Delhi government to extend the deadline for the Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Scheme, 2023. Operational issues and aggregators’ and gig workers’ lack of response are to blame for the extension.
IAMAI has submitted plans to the Delhi government for the online monitoring platform and the Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Scheme, 2023. This scheme, which was approved in October of last year, aims to improve transportation services in the nation’s capital while encouraging environmentally friendly and sustainable mobility.
The program mandates that fleets of commercial vehicles gradually transition to electric mobility in order to reduce air pollution and promote environmentally friendly transportation. All vehicle fleets in Delhi that are run by aggregators, delivery services, and e-commerce companies have to be electric by 2030.
IAMAI used a notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to highlight how challenging it is to integrate two-wheelers into the passenger transportation landscape. They recommended that the webpage that monitors the program be updated to include EV bikes with slower speeds.
IAMAI also proposed that the site should allow aggregators to reach EV standards in six months instead of forcing them to do so every fourteen days. In order to guarantee that the head-adjusted total is subject to EV mandates, they suggested subtracting any vehicle off-boarded by the Transport Department or the aggregator from the total additional vehicle induction.
