Electric two-wheelers push for DBT under FAME 3 subsidy scheme to consumers

Say huge delay in government's subsidy reimbursements choking their working capital

Electric vehicle (EV) makers, most of them in the two-wheeler space, are planning to request the government to provide subsidies to consumers through direct benefit transfer (DBT) under the forthcoming FAME 3 subsidy scheme. Currently, subsidies under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme are passed on to consumers by EV makers and the latter are reimbursed by the government at a later date. 

Sources say that this is one of the proposals under discussion among members of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), but so far there has been no consensus on the