Scam ? #EESL
#NDA #BJP #MNRE
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autoNDTV
( 07 March ) carries following news :
EESL concluded
the first tender from procuring 10,000 e-vehicles last
year. Following the successful completion of the first tender, EESL, envisions
a growing demand from various government departments. The new tender for10,000 e-vehicles will
cater to this growing demand.
With these 20,000
electric vehicles India is expected to save over ₹ 5 crore litres of
fuel every year, leading to reduction of over 5.6 lakh tonnes of CO2 emissions.
EESL also mentioned
that it already has in place charging infrastructure at 150 government
offices which will be able to charge 500 cars at a time.
R K Singh, Minister
of State for Power, New and Renewable Energy said, "After the successful
tender of 10000 electric cars last year, the demand for e-vehicle constantly
rising across various departments of the Union and state governments.
To cater to
the growing demand, EESL will issue a fresh tender tomorrow for procuring additional 10000
electric cars. This second tender
is testimony to the fact that India offers a huge market potential for
e-mobility"
CONTEXT :
Only 2 days back ,
Business Line ( 03 March ) reported that many Municipal Corporations are
taking Electric buses on “ Wet Lease“ ( from manufacturers like TATA /
Goldstone ) , instead of outright “ buying “
TATA Motors are
offering on “ Wet Lease “ of Rs 37.5 / Km – an Electric bus
whose outright selling price is Rs 85
lakhs ! Wet lease includes the salary that TATA would
pay the driver
MOVE TO EESL :
TATA Motors had
won that last tender of EESL for 10,000 Electric Cars at Rs 11.2 lakh each ( - which price was
later matched by M&M ) – just ONE EIGHTH the price of an
Electric Bus
In “ Wet Leasing “
, the main cost is the “ interest on capital “ – driver / maintenance costs
remaining minor components
So , for an
electric car selling for Rs 11.2 lakh , what “ wet lease “ price would have
TATA offered to EESL ?
May be Rs
15 / km ? May
be Rs 8 / Km ? May
be Rs 4 / Km ?
At this point , it
is worth remembering that the governments ( Central + States ) have
, between them , a current fleet of some 500,000 petrol / diesel cars , all of
which are planned to be replaced by Electric Cars
Instead of
outright purchasing , “ wet leasing “
of these would save the country , Rs 2,300 Crore PER
YEAR ! Year
after year !
Despite
this , why does EESL want to go for “ Outright
Purchase “
in its second tender ?
So that , come Feb
2019 ( just when all the political parties would be holding election rallies,
all over India ), opposition parties can get an opportunity to shout “ BJP
Electric Vehicle Scam – BEVS “ and approach the Supreme Court to order a CBI –
PAC – CAG – CVC probe ?
Would it not be
much better for Shri R K Singhji, to raise this question NOW and demand logical explanation –
rather than wait until someone cries , SCAM !
Nation needs to
know !
For
that potential saving of Rs 2,300 Crore / year , readers may refer :
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 ]
09 March 2018
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