Lok Sabha Question No. 3459 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Incentive and Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3459

ANSWERED ON 10.12.2019

## INCENTIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

## 3459. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES भारी उद्योग एवं ऱोक उद्यम मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers (passenger vehicles) with internal combustion engine in the country as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the roadmap for replacement of those vehicles with electric vehicle under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (FAME) India scheme;
- (c)  the  reaction  of  the  Society  of  Indian  Automobile  Manufacturers (SIAM) along  with the incentives proposed to be extended to manufacturers and users of e-vehicles under the FAME India scheme;
- (d)  the  roadmap for installation of road side public/private charging station (both solar and electric) across the country and the number of charging stations made operational as on date;
- (e) the average time required to charge an e-vehicle and the approximate cost per charging; and
- (f)  the  estimated  reduction  of  carbon  foot-print  and  burden  on  exchequer  caused  by  oil imports with mobility to e-vehicle in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to (c):  As per information received from SIAM, there are about  30 crore vehicles plying on the road which are based on internal combustion Engine.

Department of Heavy Industry is implementing a scheme namely Faster Adoption and Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in  India  [FAME  India  Scheme]  with  an objective to promote manufacturing of EVs as well as adoption of Electrical Vehicles.

Under the Scheme, it is planned to support about 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 7000 e-Buses through demand incentives with an outlay of Rs. 10,000 Crore for a period of 3 years commencing from 1 st April 2019.In this Scheme, the emphasis is being given on electric vehicles, used for public transport or

those registered for commercial purposes in e-3W, e-4W& e-bus segment however,  privately owned registered e-2W are also covered. Under the Scheme, the demand incentive is linked to battery capacity i.e. Rs. 10,000/KWh for all category of vehicles except e-buses where it is Rs. 20,000/KWh.

Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM) is supporting the Scheme.

(d) to (e): In addition, a budget provision of Rs. 1000 Crore has been earmarked for setting up of charging infrastructure under the Scheme and Department of  Heavy Industry had issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) inviting proposals for establishment of  1000 charging stations under this phase of the Scheme .

Under  Phase-I  FAME-India  Scheme,  the  government  has  supported  about  500 Charging Stations for Rs.  43 Crore (approx.) to establish Electric Vehicles charging stations in the country.  About 230 charging stations out of about 500 Charging Stations sanctioned under  Phase-I  of  FAME-India  Scheme  have  been  installed.    Further,  Energy  Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power has informed that they have deployed 65  Public  Charging  Stations  (PCS)  for  EVs  in  the  country  and  further  EESL  has  already deployed/is  deploying  around  300  AC  and  170  DC  captive  chargers  across  Government offices in the country.

As  per  information  received  from  EESL,  the  time  required  to  charge  an  e-vehicle depends on the rated capacity and type of charger. Typically, DC-001 (15kW) charger takes around  70-80  minutes  for  complete  charging  (0-100%)  for  e-car  with  battery  capacity  of 18kWh. The unit cost of charging per unit is INR 9.5 plus GST for Public Charging Stations operated at NDMC, Delhi.

(f):    In  the  Phase-I  of  FAME-India Scheme about 2.8 lakh hybrid and electric vehicles are supported by way of demand incentive resulting in saving of about 50 million liters of fuel and reduction of about 124 million Kg of CO2.

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