Assessment of the impact of Government policy on citizens' perceptions on vehicle buying behaviour, the government's infrastructure development in public transportation, and policy shifts towards e-vehicles with a specific reference to Mumbai Metro and Ma

Abstract

The increase in Urbanization and migration in Mumbai has created significant problem of congestion, pollution growing consumption of Cars. The research paper evaluates the impact of government policies on purchase  of cars and environmental awareness and shift towards the purchase of Electronic vehicle given tax exemptions by the government. By using mixed method for research it’s been concluded that government exemptions are not only enough to increase the consumption of the electronic vehicles , considering other bottlenecks in infrastructure, high prices and scepticism of consumer  about the purchase of the vehicles run on electricity. Policies related to reduction in taxes are having less impact due to constraints like more affordability of fossil fuel vehicles, non-availability of charging station, resale values of vehicles. The paper offers the insight for crafting vehicular policy to the government to encourage the sustainable use of vehicles in Mumbai.