Coffee Bytes Government think tank NITI Aayog is likely to roll out a ‘Battery Swapping Policy’ by December this year, a senior government official said. Sinha also said that the Aayog is working on a proposal to prod railways te set up electric vehicle charging stations at railway stations in cities whose population is more than 10 lakhs. The policy was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 2022-23 Budget speech and is being prepared by NITI Aayog.Considering the constraint space in urban areas for setting up (electric vehicles) charging stations, a battery swapping policy will be brought out and interoperability standards will be formulated," Sitharaman had said. She had stated that the private sector will be encouraged to set up sustainable business models for battery or energy service and this will improve efficiency in the EV (electric vehicle) ecosystem. Source: ET