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Nitin Gadkari Proposes ₹3 Night-Time & ₹5 Day-Time EV Charging: Impact, Benefits and Challenges

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Nitin Gadkari Proposes ₹3 Night-Time & ₹5 Day-Time EV Charging: Impact, Benefits and Challenges

The cost of charging your electric vehicle (EV) may soon go down in Maharashtra. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has proposed that EV owners can charge their vehicles at a lower rate of ₹3 per unit overnight and ₹5 per unit during the day to help encourage solar power usage and make EVs more affordable. This would need official approval but here’s how it would affect you as an EV owner. In this detailed article, we’ve discussed how this proposal could change EV ownership, its possible benefits and disadvantages, and what it could mean for the future of electric mobility in India.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has suggested different electricity rates for daytime and night-time EV charging in Maharashtra. Speaking at KPMG ENRich 2026 on November 3, 2026, he said, “We can have Rs 5 per unit during the day and Rs 3 per unit at night.” The proposal aims to encourage daytime solar power use while making night-time EV charging cheaper. Gadkari made the suggestion to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The proposed tariff would be:

However, this is still an official proposal and the final tariff, hours it will be charged and who will receive the discount will depend on decisions made by the Maharashtra government and electricity regulator. Previously, Gadkari had said that he would charge ₹5/unit during daytime and ₹8-10/unit after 6pm. This new suggestion states he would charge ₹3/unit during nighttime.

The main attraction of this suggestion is that you could save money on running costs.


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