Lok Sabha Question No. 3826 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Go Electric Campaign
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3826 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## GO ELECTRIC CAMPAIGN

## 3826. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently launched a 'Go Electric' Campaign to help in securing a cleaner and a greener future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  functional  e-vehicle  charging  station  in  Gujarat, district-wise;
- (d) the details of the additional number of proposed charging stations along with the details relating to their location and capacity;
- (e) whether any percentage of these charging stations is fuelled by the fossil fuels or connected to the grid and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the methods adopted by the Government to standardize the charging prices? A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Ministry  of Power  launched  a  nationwide  'Go  Electric'  Campaign  on 19.02.2021  to  educate  the  general  public  on  the  benefits  of  e-mobility,  inform  the potential  EV  owners  about  the  Government  incentives  for  EV  adoption,  generate curiosity  and  transform  the  same  into  demand,  discredit  mis-information  against Electric Vehicles and bring together multiple stakeholders under a single platform. The campaign has the following elements:

1.   Campaign objectives:
- a. Convey Central and State initiatives like policies to general public.
- b. Sensitization and  Confidence  building of stakeholders/masses  on  utility of Charging  Infrastructure  and  benefits  of  Electric  Vehicles  (EVs)  over  Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) based vehicles.
- c. Facilitate information/knowledge exchange among stakeholders.
- d. Capacity building of DISCOMs/State Nodal Agencies.

2. Campaign Components: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), EV benefits, Government initiatives, charging infrastructure and myth busters:

- a. Media Campaign: audio & videos
- b. Creatives  and  print  campaign:  Brochures,  Frequently  Asked  Questions  (FAQs), printouts, outdoor hoardings etc.
- c. Social media campaign.
- d. Outdoor campaign: Road shows and workshops/webinars

(c) :    As  per  information  available  with  BEE,  195  public  EV  charging  stations  are currently operational in the state of Gujarat.

Details  of  district-wise  operational  public  EV  charging  stations  in  the  State  of Gujarat are furnished at Annexure-A.

(d) :    Under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles in IndiaII  (FAME-II)  Scheme,  Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries  sanctioned  278  public  EV  charging stations in the State of Gujarat.

Details of proposed EV Charging Stations under FAME-II Scheme in the State of Gujarat are furnished at Annexure-B.

(e) : The  charging  stations  take  connection  from  DISCOMs  which  in  turn  take  the supply of electricity from the Grid. The power is supplied to grid from both conventional and renewable sources.

(f) : Ministry  of  Power  issued  revised  consolidated  Guidelines  and  Standards  for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EVs) on 14.01.2022 (amended on 07.11.2022). These Guidelines provide that:

- (i) Tariff for supply of electricity for Public Charging Station (PCS) shall be a single part tariff and shall not exceed 'Average Cost of Supply' till 31.03.2025.
- (ii) Charging of EVs is a service and as electricity is being provided at concessional rates  and  also  considering  the  fact  that  subsidy  is  being  provided  by  the Central/State Governments in many cases for setting up Public Charging Stations, the State Government have been empowered to fix the ceiling of service charges to be charged by such PCS/Fast Charging Stations (FCS).

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ANNEXURE-A ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

NO. 3826 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2023 **************

Operational Public EV Charging Stations in the state of Gujarat

| S. No.    | District name   |   Number of operational PCS |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.        | Ahmedabad       |                          49 |
| 2.        | Anand           |                           1 |
| 3.        | Aravali         |                           1 |
| 4.        | Banaskantha     |                           4 |
| 5.        | Bharuch         |                           3 |
| 6.        | Bhavnagar       |                           4 |
| 7.        | Gandhinagar     |                           6 |
| 8.        | Jamnagar        |                           4 |
| 9.        | Junagadh        |                           6 |
| 10.       | Kachchh         |                          10 |
| 11.       | Kheda           |                           3 |
| 12.       | Mehsana         |                           5 |
| 13.       | Narmada         |                           4 |
| 14.       | Navsari         |                           1 |
| 15.       | Panchmahal      |                           1 |
| 16.       | Patan           |                           3 |
| 17.       | Rajkot          |                          10 |
| 18.       | Sabarkantha     |                           3 |
| 19.       | Sidhpur         |                           1 |
| 20.       | Sonarpada       |                           1 |
| 21.       | Surat           |                          47 |
| 22.       | Surendra Nagar  |                           6 |
| 23.       | Vadodara        |                          16 |
| 24.       | Valsad          |                           5 |
| 25.       | Vapi            |                           1 |
| Total PCS | Total PCS       |                         195 |

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ANNEXURE-B ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3826 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2023

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Proposed EV Public Charging Stations (PCS) in the state of Gujarat under

## FAME-II Scheme

|   Sl. No. | Name of State   | Name of City   |   No. of PCS sanctioned |   State total |
|-----------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Gujarat         | Ahmedabad      |                     181 |           278 |
|         1 | Gujarat         | Surat          |                      50 |           278 |
|         1 | Gujarat         | Vadodara       |                      37 |           278 |
|         1 | Gujarat         | Gandhinagar    |                      10 |           278 |

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