Lok Sabha Question No. 736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Bhagwanth Khuba, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.736 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

736. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA: MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  roll  out  charging  infrastructure  for  electric vehicles across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons for the delay; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to promote such vehicles?

## 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) & (b) : Yes, Sir. The Government of India have, after extensive consultations with State Governments,  different  departments/agencies  of  Central  Government  and  the  stakeholders issued  -'Charging  Infrastructure  for  Electric  Vehicles  (EV)  -Guidelines  and  Standards'  dated 14.12.2018, which was  further revised on 1.10.2019 -to rollout EV Public charging infrastructure as national priority. The salient features of revised guidelines are as below:

- I. There shall be no licensing requirement or clearance certificates for establishing a Public Charging Station.\
- II. Guidelines specifies the type of chargers of different standards (viz. CCS, CHAdeMO, Type-2 AC, Bharat AC 001) thus ensuring that the PCS owners have the freedom to install any one or combination of chargers as per the market requirement.
- III. Bureau  of  Energy  Efficiency  has  been  nominated  as  the  Central  Nodal  Agency  (CNA)  for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles.
- IV. Tariff  for  supply  of  electricity  to  EV-PCS  shall  be  as  per  Tariff  Policy  under  Section  3  of Electricity Act 2003 as amended from time to time.
- V. In  such  cases  where  PCS  has  been  installed  with  Government  Incentives  (financial  or otherwise),  State  Nodal  Agency/State  Government/Appropriate  Commission  shall  fix  the ceiling of Service Charges to be charged by such PCS.

## (c) : Following  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  Electric Vehicles:

- (i) Under  Phase-I  of  FAME-India  Scheme,  the  Department  of  Heavy  Industry  sanctioned about 500 Charging Stations/ Infrastructure for about Rs.  43 Crore (approx.) in cities like Bangalore,  Chandigarh,  Jaipur  and  NCR  of  Delhi.  Out  of  500  charging  Stations,  250 charging  stations  have  been  installed.  Recently,  the  Department  has  also  sanctioned 2,636 charging stations to 19 public entities in 62 cities spread over 24 states, under Phase-II of FAME-India Scheme.
- (ii) Phase-II  of  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in India   (FAME-India)  Scheme  will  mainly  focus  on  supporting  electrification  of  public  & shared  transportation,  and  aims  to  support  through  incentives  about  7000  e-Buses,  5 lakh  e-3  Wheelers,  55000  e-4  Wheeler  Passenger  Cars  and  10  lakh  e-2  Wheelers.  In addition,  creation  of  charging  infrastructure  will  be  also  supported  to  address  range anxiety among users of electric vehicles
- (iii) Recent initiatives taken by the Government to promote Electric Vehicles:
-  GST on EVs has been reduced from 12% to 5%
-  Income tax rebate of up to INR 1.5 lakhs on interest payable on loans for purchase of EVs
-  Customs  duty  exemptions  on  parts  exclusively  used  in  EVs  (e-drive  assembly,  onboard charger, e-compressor, and charging gun)
- (iv) The  Government  on  18 th   October,  2018  has  also  granted  exemption  to  the  Battery Operated Transport Vehicles from the requirements of permit.
- (v) Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), is implementing National e-Mobility Programme to promote green transportation i.e. use of EVs resulting in reduction of air pollution. Till date, 1,510 e-cars have been deployed/under deployment for Government organizations. For charging these e-cars, 300 AC & 170 DC Captive chargers have also been commissioned in their office premises.
- (vi) Grid Connectivity and Safety regulations: Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued amendments to following regulations of CEA:
1. Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Distributed Generation Resources) Amendment Regulations, 2019.
2. Central  Electricity  Authority  (Measures  relating  to  Safety  and  Electric  Supply) Amendment Regulations, 2019.

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