Lok Sabha Question No. 2147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Manufacturing and Supply of Electric Vehicles under FAME Scheme
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2147 ANSWERED ON 14.03.2023

## MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES UNDER FAME SCHEME

## 2147.  SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES भारी उद्योग मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and the number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) that have been manufactured and supplied as a result of Phase-I and Phase-II of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, type/category-wise;
- (b) the number of EVs and strong hybrids that have been manufactured for and/or in the State of Andhra Pradesh under FAME Phase-II;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  off-take  and  demand  level  of  different categories of EVs;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  such  assessment,  Statewise  and  the  status  of  Andhra  Pradesh  as  a beneficiary of the FAME Scheme since 2018-19; and
- (e) the  details  of  financial  assistance  allocated,  released  and  utilised  under  the  scheme  in Andhra Pradesh since 2018-19?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): Sir,  the  Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries  formulated  a  Scheme  Faster  Adoption  and Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in  India  (FAME  India)  Scheme  in  2015  to promote  adoption  of  electric/  hybrid  vehicles  (xEVs)  in  the  country.    At  present,  Phase-II  of FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years w.e.f. 01 st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crores.

In  the  1st  phase  of  the  scheme,  about  2.8  lakh  xEVs  were  supported  through  demand incentives/ subsidy.  In addition, 425 electric and hybrid buses, as sanctioned under first phase of the scheme, are deployed across various cities in the country.

Under Phase-II of FAME India Scheme, 8,82,967 Electric Vehicles have been supported as on 15.02.2023 by way of Demand Incentive.  Further, MHI has sanctioned 6315 e-buses to 65 cities/STUs/CTUs/ State Govt. entities for intracity and intercity operations across 26 states/UT under the Scheme.

(b): Sir,  as  per  the  information  received  from  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways, total 51,604 electric vehicles (e-2W, e-3W and e-4W and above) are registered in the State of Andhra Pradesh as on 09.03.2023.

(c) & (d): No Sir, no such study has been conducted by the Ministry of Heavy Industries in this regard  under  FAME  India  Scheme  Phase-II.    However,  the  evaluation  of  Phase-I  of  FAME Scheme was done by an independent consultant.  The main findings of the validation of outcome report as submitted by consultant are given below:

- (i)  The Scheme has increased awareness which is in itself a notable achievement.
- (ii) Overall outcomes of key parameters of Fuel saving and CO2 reduction are significantly below the target for FAME;

(iii)Industry players have been cautious about developing capabilities players have chosen to operate adjacent to their core capabilities.

(iv)  Subsidy structure needs to be revised based on the power train technology (to incentivize cleaner technologies) and to establish parity across technologies.

Further,  the  sale  of  electric  vehicles  under  phase-II  of  FAME  India  scheme  has significantly increased over the years as seen from the table below:

| Description    |   FY 2019-20FY |   2020-21FY |   2021-22 |   FY 2022-23 (up to 15 th Feb, 2023) (vehicle numbers in lakhs) |
|----------------|----------------|-------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Registered EVs |           0.19 |        0.48 |      2.39 |                                                            5.76 |

- (e): Sir, the FAME India Scheme Phase-II is being implemented on pan India basis including the state of Andhra Pradesh, for a period of five years commencing from 1 st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crore.

Under Phase-II of FAME India Scheme, 8,82,967 Electric Vehicles have been supported as on 15.02.2023 by way of Demand Incentive.  Further, MHI has sanctioned 6315 e-buses to 65 cities/STUs/CTUs/ State Govt. entities for intracity and intercity operations across 26 states/UT under the Scheme.

The Ministry has also sanctioned 2877 charging stations in 68 cities across 25 states/UTs under FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India) Scheme Phase II.

The details of the budgetary allocation and utilization to implement Phase II of FAMEIndia Scheme is as under:

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year   | Budget Allocation   | Fund Utilization as on 28.02.2023   |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2019-2020        | Rs. 500.00 Crore    | Rs. 500.00 Crore                    |
|         2 | 2020-2021        | Rs. 318.36 Crore    | Rs. 318.36 Crore                    |
|         3 | 2021-2022        | Rs. 800.00 Crore    | Rs. 800.00 Crore                    |
|         4 | 2022-2023        | Rs. 2903.08 Crore   | Rs. 1217.00 Cr. (approx.)           |

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