Lok Sabha Question No. 3334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Electric Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

## LOK-SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.01.2019

## Electric Vehicles

## 3334. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  HEAVY  INDUSTRIES  AND  PUBLIC  ENTERPRISES  be  pleased  to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Karnataka for purchase of 640 electric vehicles under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (FAME) India subsidized scheme;

(b)  if so, the details and status thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  incentivizing  buying  Electric  Vehicles  (EVs)  under  FAME India scheme;

(d)  if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the other steps taken/likely to be taken by the Government to meet its vision to make the country an all electric vehicle market by 2031?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) : No Madam.

(b): Does not arise in view of reply to (a) above.

(c)  &  (d):  Yes  Madam.  Under  Demand  Creation  focus  area  of  FAME-India  Scheme,  the purchaser of electric/hybrid vehicles (xEVs) is given an upfront reduction in purchase price by  the  dealer  at  the  time  of  purchase  of  xEVs.  The  details  of  the  demand  incentives available for purchase of xEVs is provided at Annexure 13 of the Gazette Notification of the Scheme and as amended from time to time, which is available in the website of Department of Heavy Industry (www.dhi.nic.in).

(e): Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises has not set any target to make the country an all electric vehicle market by 2031. However, the Government has formulated a Mission Plan for electric vehicles (including hybrid vehicles) viz. National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 (NEMMP). The NEMMP 2020 provides a road map for facilitating the manufacture and use of electric car and hybrid vehicles through a series of interventions in order to support R&D in technology, including battery technology create  demand  for  such  vehicles,  and  to  enhance  manufacturing  of  such  vehicles significantly by the year 2020.

As  Part  of  this  Mission,  Department  of  Heavy  Industry  has  notified  a  FAME-India Scheme [Faster Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in  India]  for implementation  with  effect  from  1 st April  2015.  At  present,  the  Phase-I  of  the  scheme  is under implementation, which was originally for a period of 2 years till 31 st March 2017, but has been extended further upto 31st March 2019 or till Notification of FAME-II, whichever is earlier.

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