Lok Sabha Question No. 1889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Procurement of Electric Vehicles by EESL
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1889 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY EESL

1889. SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Energy  Efficiency  Services  Limited  (EESL)  has  procured electric cars to promote it among the Government Departments and PSUs;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of electric  vehicles procured  by the EESL during the current financial year along with the costs and the manufacturers;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  buy  more  electric  vehicles produced locally in future and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of electric vehicles procured by the EESL without tendering/bidding;
- (e) whether the EESL has planned to set up thousands of charging stations in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether the Government proposes to encourage domestic manufacturers to produce electric cars and charging systems locally; and
- (g) if so, the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (d) : Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of Public Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  under  Ministry  of  Power,  had  concluded  the procurement  of  10,000  electric  cars  through  an  international  competitive bidding process.

These electric cars are given on lease/outright purchase basis to Government Departments, PSUs and others. As on date, 1,514 e-cars have been deployed in Government Departments, PSUs and others.

……….2.

Taking note of the launch of higher range e-cars over the last few months in India, EESL had procured 17 e-cars on a pilot basis in order to test their performance. Based on the performance feedback, procurement action for future requirement has been concluded through open competitive bidding.

Accordingly, during the current financial year FY 2020-21, EESL has  procured  250  higher  range  e-cars  through  an  international  competitive bidding  process.  The  cost  and  manufacturer  wise  details  are  furnished  at Annexure-I.

All the e-vehicles procured by EESL have been procured from the manufacturers having their manufacturing plants in India. In future also, all procurements of e-vehicles by EESL will be done in accordance with Public Procurement  (Preference  to  Make  in  India),  Order.  Further,  under  Faster Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in  India  (FAME India) Scheme, incentive is provided to those electric/ hybrid vehicles which are manufactured in the country.

- (e) : EESL aims to install 5,000 Public Charging Stations (PCS) across India in next 5 years. Towards this end, EESL has signed MoUs with multiple stakeholders  across  municipalities  and  DISCOMs  for  location  assessment study and setting up of charging stations in their jurisdiction.

The details of number of PCS installed and commissioned by EESL across India is furnished at Annexure-II.

In addition, EESL has commissioned 488 (308 AC & 180 DC) captive chargers across all offices where EESL 's EVs have been delivered.

- (f) & (g) : The programme of procurement and  deployment of e-vehicles is being  implemented  by  EESL  with  the  objective  to  provide  an  impetus  for domestic electric vehicle manufacturing and creation of charging infrastructure, through  efficiencies of scale.

Further, in order to encourage domestic manufacture of charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles, it has been proposed to include items for charging infrastructure for EVs in the comprehensive list of items which are being  imported  and  suggesting  replacement  of  those  items  under  phased manufacturing in India through Manufacturing Hub.

The  Department  of  Heavy  Industry  (DHI)  is  administering  FAME India  Scheme  since  1 st   April  2015  to  promote  adoption  of  electric/  hybrid vehicles (xEVs) in India. Phase-I of the Scheme was extended from time to time and the last such extension was allowed upto 31 st  March 2019. At present, Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is under implementation for a period of three years w.e.f. 1 st  April 2019.

This  phase  focuses  on  supporting  electrification  of  public  and shared transportation and aims to support, through subsidies approximately 700 e-Buses, 5 lakhs e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers. Further, Rs.1000 crore is allocated for creation of charging infrastructure.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1889 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 22.09.2020.

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Details of electric vehicles procured by the EESL during the current financial year along with costs and  the Manufacturers.

| Electric vehicle Model        |   No. of EVs procured during FY 2020-21 | Manufacturer                 | Cost in INR Crore         |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Tata Nexon EVXZ+              |                                     150 | M/s Tata Motors Limited      | 21.24 Crore (excl. taxes) |
| Hyundai Kona Electric Premium |                                     100 | M/s Hyundai Motor India Ltd. | 20.36 Crore (excl. taxes) |

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ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO  PART (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    1889  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 22.09.2020.

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Details of number of public charging stations installed and commissioned by EESL across India.

| Sl. No.              | State/UT      | Location          | Type of Chargers               |   No. of Public Chargers installed and commissioned |
|----------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                   |               | NDMC              | DC-001, CCS/ChADEMO/ Type 2 AC |                                                  64 |
| 2.                   | Delhi         | SDMC              | DC-001, CCS/ChADEMO/ Type 2 AC |                                                  64 |
| 3.                   | Tamil Nadu    | CMRL Chennai      | DC-001/AC-001                  |                                                  10 |
| 4.                   | Maharashtra   | Maha Metro Nagpur | DC-001/AC-001                  |                                                   2 |
| 5.                   | Uttar Pradesh | Noida Authority   | DC-001                         |                                                   9 |
| 6.                   | West Bengal   | New Town Kolkata  | DC-001/AC-001                  |                                                  12 |
| Total nos. of Public | commissioned  | Charging          | Stations installed and         |                                                  97 |

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