Rajiv Gauba Calls Electric Mobility a “Strategic Imperative” for Viksit Bharat

Rajiv Gauba, in his address at the NITI Aayog Workshop on State EV Policies, where the second edition of the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) report was launched, highlighted that the global transition to electric mobility is well underway.

In 2025, he noted, electric cars accounted for around one-tenth of new car sales in the US, more than a quarter in the EU, and over half in China and that these shares are expected to rise significantly across the world in the years ahead. He pointed to the recent West Asia crisis, noting that it could become a major inflection point for electric mobility, much as the oil crises of the 1970s accelerated the global push towards greater fuel efficiency.(UPDATED ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 2026)