HOME DEPARTMENT (Transport - I)--Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicles Policy, 2023 - 100 percent Tax exemption of Motor Vehicle Tax in respect of all Battery Operated Vehicles (Electric Vehicles) Under The Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974.

© [Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2025 [Price: Re. 0.80 Paise.

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 861] CHENNAI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025 Margazhi 14, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2056 Part II—Section 2 Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT HOME DEPARTMENT (Transport - I) TAMIL NADU ELECTRIC VEHICLES POLICY, 2023 100% TAX EXEMPTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE TAX IN RESPECT OF ALL BATTERY OPERATED VEHICLES (ELECTRIC VEHICLES) UNDER THE TAMIL NADU MOTOR VEHICLES TAXATION ACT, 1974.

[G.O. Ms. No. 674, Home (Transport-I), 29th December 2025, மாார்கழி 14, விசுவாாவாசு, திருவாள்ளுவார் ஆண்டு-2056.] No. II(2)/HO/1344(d)/2025.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (b) of clause (1) of section 20 of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1974 (Tamil Nadu Act 13 of 1974), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby exempts all Battery Operated Vehicles, both Transport and Non-Transport (Electric Vehicles) from payment of motor vehicle tax under that Act for a further period commencing on and from the 1st January 2026 and ending with the 31st December 2027.

Explanation.- For the purpose of this Notification, ‘Battery Operated Vehicle’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (u) of rule 2 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.

DHEERAJ KUMAR, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU Ex-II-2—(861)