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House officials to get EV cars as part of ‘save fuel’ initiative

Hindustan Times Pune

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May 24, 2026

Parliament has started replacing petrol-run official vehicles of senior House officers with electric vehicles (EVs) as part of an initiative by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to conserve fuel amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

At least 40 officers, from the rank of joint secretary and above, are expected to receive the EVs in the ongoing phase, the officials said.

“For the last two years, a joint secretary in Parliament used his Ciaz to commute to office. Last week, the Lok Sabha secretariat changed his car to a Mahindra XUV 400,” a senior official of the Lok Sabha, who did not wish to be named, said, adding that several senior officers have now been allotted EVs instead of petrol-run vehicles.

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