Lok Sabha Question No. 1152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-27
Subject: Electric Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1152

ANSWERED ON 27.07.2021

## ELECTRIC VEHICLES

## 1152. DR. SHASHI THAROOR :

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

- (a) the details and the number of electric vehicles currently being used on India's roads, State-wise;
- (b) the proportion of total vehicles that this number amounts to, State-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  e-charging  facilities  that  are  currently  available  to  drivers  of  electric cars across the country, State-wise;
- (d) whether any incentive on prices of batteries has been offered in order to make electric vehicles more affordable, for both the manufacturer and the customer; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has informed that as per e-vahan 4.0 portal, the total number of electric vehicles registered in the country over the last three years till 19 th July, 2021 is about 5.20 lakhs.  The percentage sale of electric to non-electric vehicles over the last three years has been about 1%.

Further, under Phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) India Scheme, 87,659 Electric Vehicles (e-2W, e-3W and e-4W) have been supported  till  20.07.2021  by  way  of  incentive.    A  list  of  supported  e-vehicles  under  the scheme, state wise, is attached as ANNEXURE-I.

(c): This Ministry has sanctioned 2,877 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations amounting to about Rs 500 Crore in 68 cities across 25 States/UTs under Phase II of FAME India Scheme. Under Phase-I of FAME India Scheme, 427 charging stations have been installed.  The details of  charging  stations  functional  in  the  country  for  electric  vehicles  under  Phase-I  of  FAME India Scheme is at ANNEXURE-II.

Further, as per information received from Ministry of Power, the State wise details of Public  Charging  Stations  installed  by  Energy  Efficiency  Services  Limited  (EESL),  Power Grid Corporation Ltd. (PGCIL) and NTPC Ltd. are enclosed at ANNEXURE III.

(d) & (e): Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  on  12 th May  2021  approved  a  Production  Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for manufacturing of Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC) in the country. The  total  outlay  of  the  scheme  is  Rs.  18,100  crore  for  5  years.    The  scheme  envisages  to establish  a  competitive  ACC  battery  manufacturing  set  up  in  the  country  (50GWh). Additionally,  5GWh  of  niche  ACC  technologies  is  also  covered  under  the  scheme.    The scheme  proposes  a  production  linked  subsidy  based  on  applicable  subsidy  per  KWh  and percentage of value addition achieved on actual sales made by the manufacturers who set up production units.

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## State wise e-vehicles supported under FAME-II

| S. No.   | State                                |   Total number of Invoice/Sales |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | Jammu Kashmir                        |                             437 |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                             241 |
| 3        | Punjab                               |                             764 |
| 4        | Chandigarh                           |                              48 |
| 5        | Uttarakhand                          |                            1057 |
| 6        | Haryana                              |                            1477 |
| 7        | Delhi                                |                            6413 |
| 8        | Rajasthan                            |                            6721 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                            6022 |
| 10       | Bihar                                |                            2615 |
| 11       | Sikkim                               |                               0 |
| 12       | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                               0 |
| 13       | Nagaland                             |                               0 |
| 14       | Manipur                              |                              78 |
| 15       | Mizoram                              |                               0 |
| 16       | Tripura                              |                             538 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                            |                               6 |
| 18       | Assam                                |                             407 |
| 19       | West Bengal                          |                             771 |
| 20       | Jharkhand                            |                             817 |
| 21       | Odisha                               |                            1671 |
| 22       | Chhattisgarh                         |                            2055 |
| 23       | Madhya Pradesh                       |                            2953 |
| 24       | Gujarat                              |                            1554 |
| 25       | Maharashtra                          |                            9393 |
| 26       | Andhra Pradesh                       |                            3325 |
| 27       | Karnataka                            |                           19270 |
| 28       | Goa                                  |                             241 |
| 29       | Lakshadweep                          |                               4 |
| 30       | Kerala                               |                            2068 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                           |                           13515 |
| 32       | Puducherry                           |                             138 |
| 33       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands          |                               2 |
| 34       | Telangana                            |                            3031 |
| 35       | Ladakh                               |                               0 |
| 36       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and |                              27 |
|          | Total                                |                           87659 |

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-II

## Details of Charging Stations installed (As on 06-07-2021)

| City             |   Charging Stations | Highway              | Charging Stations   |
|------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| Chandigarh       |                  48 | Delhi -Chandigarh    | 24                  |
| Delhi            |                  94 | Mum-Pune             | 15                  |
| Rajasthan        |                  49 | Delhi- Jaipur- Agra  | 29                  |
| Karnataka        |                  45 | Jaipur-Delhi Highway | 9                   |
| Jharkhand        |                  29 |                      |                     |
| Goa              |                  17 |                      |                     |
| Telangana        |                  50 |                      |                     |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  11 |                      |                     |
| Himachal Pradesh |                   7 |                      |                     |
| Total            |                 350 |                      | 77                  |

## ANNEXURE-III

## Details of Public Charging Stations installed by CPSUs under Ministry of Power

| EESL          | EESL                 | NTPC           | NTPC                 | PGCIL     | PGCIL                |
|---------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|
| State         | No. of PCS installed | State          | No. of PCS installed | State     | No. of PCS installed |
| Chhattisgarh  | 2                    | Haryana        | 4                    | Gujarat   | 2                    |
| Delhi         | 73                   | Uttar Pradesh  | 16                   | Karnataka | 2                    |
| Goa           | 1                    | Delhi          | 42                   | Delhi     | 4                    |
| Gujarat       | 0                    | Madhya Pradesh | 12                   | Haryana   | 1                    |
| Haryana       | 2                    | Andhra Pradesh | 2                    | Telangana | 6                    |
| Karnataka     | 1                    | Telangana      | 2                    | Kerala    | 2                    |
| Kerala        | 7                    | Tamil Nadu     | 8                    | -         | -                    |
| Maharashtra   | 2                    | Kerala         | 2                    | -         | -                    |
| Tamil Nadu    | 20                   | Gujarat        | 4                    | -         | -                    |
| Uttar Pradesh | 21                   | Karnataka      | 8                    | -         | -                    |
| West Bengal   | 18                   | -              | -                    | -         | -                    |
| Total         | 147                  |                | 100                  |           | 17                   |

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