The government of Tamil Nadu will announce a revised electric vehicle (EV) Policy with special features that will help in the multi-fold increase in production, infrastructure development for EV production and meet the needs of users.
The revised EV Policy will be formulated taking into consideration various developments taking place in production and use of EVs.
The government’s ‘Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy 2019’ set out a vision to attract Rs 50,000 crore in investments and create 1.5 lakh new jobs. The support measures announced include 100 percent road tax exemption for all types of EVs, capital subsidies and reimbursement of state GST.
The government also announced various industrial projects worth nearly Rs 1,700 crore to be set up across the state. This includes a ‘ready built factory’ at Nemili, in Kanchipuram district at a cost of Rs 40 crore. This will reduce the initial investment required to start the business and help in starting the business immediately.
The government will also set up an integrated apparel park at a cost of Rs 400 crore in 250 acre at Kumaralingapuram in Virudhunagar district. The park is expected to create direct and indirect employment for 15,000 people.
With eco-friendly technologies, EVs and hydrogen vehicles expected to be of paramount importance in future, a Future Mobility Park will be set up at Soolagiri in Krishnagiri district at a cost of Rs 300 crore. This is the first-of-its-kind in India.
A new 576 acre Sipcot industrial park will be set up at Uthukottai in Tiruvallur district with a project cost of Rs 250 crore. Two ethanol mills to produce 60 klpd will be set up at a cost of Rs 170 crore.
Meanwhile, the Policy Note 2021-2022 on the Industries Department (Major Industries) stated that the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) plans to create a land bank of 45,000 acre, including the upcoming and new industrial parks, in the next five years with a focus on industrially backward districts.
To expedite the procurement of land banks, procedures under the Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act will be simplified. Alternate modes of acquisition such as land pooling and private negotiation will be resorted to.
The Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation’s (TIDCO) Aero Hub project at the Aerospace Park in Sriperumbudur will be implemented in two phases. Phase-1 is being implemented with built-up space of 3.5 lakh sq ft at a cost of Rs 230 crore and will be completed by February 2023.
A multi-modal logistics park is being developed in 158 acre in Mappedu village jointly by TIDCO, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Chennai Port Trust at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore.
TIDCO, in association with the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation (TNIFMC) has set up an Emerging Sector Seed Fund with a corpus size of Rs 500 crore to focus investment in emerging sectors such as Fintech and EVs.
Out of the fund size of Rs 500 crore, TIDCO and TIDEL will contribute Rs 30 crore and Rs 20 crore respectively and the balance corpus of Rs 450 crore will be raised by TNIFMC.