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projects related to R&D in the automotive sector since 1983–84 with 3.1
total project cost of INR 543.55 crore (USD 91 million). The Technology
Development Board (TDB) of the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) which aims at accelerating the development and
commercialization of indigenous technologies or adapting imported
technologies to wider domestic application also provides financial
assistance in the form of equity, soft loans, or grants.
Presently, most policies for promoting R&D in the country are
focused on encouraging ‘in-house R&D’, conducted in CSIR approved
in-house R&D units of companies. The Technology Information
Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC) of DST in association with
the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has initiated the CAR
(Collaborative Automotive R&D) Programme in 2005, for undertaking
consortia based pre-competitive automotive R&D projects. This
programme has seen 11 academia–industry consortia research projects,
involving 14 national laboratories/institutes, 15 companies, and 10
technology-intensive SMEs. The total amount of funds deployed for
the CAR activity was INR 35 crores (USD 7 million approx.) over the
past eight years.
The Department of Heavy Industry has also proposed a budget of
INR 175 crores per year (USD 35 million approx.), increasing by INR
25 crores (USD 5 million approx.) yearly. It will be made available from
the automotive cess for the next five years (2012–17) for automotive
R&D purposes. The majority of this will be used to fund R&D activities
related to electric vehicles and the required testing infrastructure.
Further, the Automotive Mission Plan 2006–16 (AMP 06–16) and the
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 (NEMMP 2020) provide
a roadmap for affordable and environmentally friendly transportation
and give direction for the R&D in the sector. Manufacturing and
faster adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles (PHEVs), and extended-range electric vehicles
collectively referred to as xEVs is the key focus in NEMMP 2020. The
Government has also launched Faster Adoption and Manufacturing
of Electric Vehicles (FAME) aims to introduce 6–7 million xEV’s on
the road by 2020. It will serve a twin goal of reducing GHGs with
estimated savings of 9,500 million litre equivalent of INR 62,000 crore
(USD 10,333 million), along with employment generation with the
‘Make in India’ mandate. A subsidy incentive of INR 738 crore (USD
123 million) is being allocated.
To develop domestic xEV manufacturing capacity and cost
reduction, the need for R&D aimed at greater localization and
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total project cost of INR 543.55 crore (USD 91 million). The Technology
Development Board (TDB) of the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) which aims at accelerating the development and
commercialization of indigenous technologies or adapting imported
technologies to wider domestic application also provides financial
assistance in the form of equity, soft loans, or grants.
Presently, most policies for promoting R&D in the country are
focused on encouraging ‘in-house R&D’, conducted in CSIR approved
in-house R&D units of companies. The Technology Information
Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC) of DST in association with
the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has initiated the CAR
(Collaborative Automotive R&D) Programme in 2005, for undertaking
consortia based pre-competitive automotive R&D projects. This
programme has seen 11 academia–industry consortia research projects,
involving 14 national laboratories/institutes, 15 companies, and 10
technology-intensive SMEs. The total amount of funds deployed for
the CAR activity was INR 35 crores (USD 7 million approx.) over the
past eight years.
The Department of Heavy Industry has also proposed a budget of
INR 175 crores per year (USD 35 million approx.), increasing by INR
25 crores (USD 5 million approx.) yearly. It will be made available from
the automotive cess for the next five years (2012–17) for automotive
R&D purposes. The majority of this will be used to fund R&D activities
related to electric vehicles and the required testing infrastructure.
Further, the Automotive Mission Plan 2006–16 (AMP 06–16) and the
National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 (NEMMP 2020) provide
a roadmap for affordable and environmentally friendly transportation
and give direction for the R&D in the sector. Manufacturing and
faster adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles (PHEVs), and extended-range electric vehicles
collectively referred to as xEVs is the key focus in NEMMP 2020. The
Government has also launched Faster Adoption and Manufacturing
of Electric Vehicles (FAME) aims to introduce 6–7 million xEV’s on
the road by 2020. It will serve a twin goal of reducing GHGs with
estimated savings of 9,500 million litre equivalent of INR 62,000 crore
(USD 10,333 million), along with employment generation with the
‘Make in India’ mandate. A subsidy incentive of INR 738 crore (USD
123 million) is being allocated.
To develop domestic xEV manufacturing capacity and cost
reduction, the need for R&D aimed at greater localization and
Chapter 1 Low Carbon Technology and Innovation Policy 199
