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Electric cars may soon sport green number plates

Three-year free parking and toll waiver also part of NITI Aayog's draft policy

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Ajay Modi New Delhi
Indian roads may see a new colour on the number plates of cars — a green one, with the NITI Aayog planning such a move for electric vehicles. 

At present, the country has four kinds of number plates: White (with black numbers) for personal vehicles, yellow for commercial vehicles, black (with yellow numbers) for self-drive rental vehicles, and blue for embassy vehicles. 

A draft policy on e-vehicles, being prepared by the government think tank, has also suggested three-year free parking and toll waivers. According to a person familiar with the suggestions made in the draft policy, shopping, office and residential