Lok Sabha Question No. 3215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Electric Vehicles Charging Stations
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3215 ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## ELECTRIC VEHICLES CHARGING STATIONS

3215.  SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of electric vehicle charging stations in the country particularly in Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Union Government has any proposal to add electric vehicle charging stations at all the petrol pumps across the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra; and
- (d) the  time  by  which  final  decision  is  likely  to  be  taken  and  all  the  petrol  pumps would have such electric vehicle charging stations in the country?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) : The States/UTs-Wise status of electric vehicle charging stations installed in the country (including Maharashtra) is given at Annexure.

(b) to (d) : Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), vide Gazette Notification No.355  dated  08.11.2019,  has  mandated  that  in  addition  to  conventional  fuels,  the authorized  entities  are  required  to  install  facilities  for  marketing  at  least  one  new generation  alternate  fuels  like  Compressed  Natural  Gas  (CNG),  biofuels,  Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), electric vehicle charging points etc. at their proposed retail outlets (RO) within three years of operationalization of the said outlets throughout the country (including  Maharashtra)  subject  to  the  entity  complying  with  various  other  statutory guidelines, as applicable.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3215 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2021

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## States/UTs-Wise status of electric vehicle charging stations in the country (including Maharashtra)

| S. No.   | States/UTs             |   Public EV Charging Stations installed |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         |                                       4 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                       2 |
| 3.       | Assam                  |                                       7 |
| 4.       | Bihar                  |                                       3 |
| 5.       | Chandigarh             |                                       6 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh           |                                       4 |
| 7.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                       8 |
| 8.       | Delhi                  |                                     322 |
| 9.       | Gujarat                |                                      27 |
| 10.      | Haryana                |                                      55 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh       |                                       7 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand              |                                       7 |
| 13.      | Karnataka              |                                      58 |
| 14.      | Kerala                 |                                      57 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh         |                                      27 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra            |                                      88 |
| 17.      | Manipur                |                                       1 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya              |                                       1 |
| 19.      | Nagaland               |                                       2 |
| 20.      | Odisha                 |                                       2 |
| 21.      | Puducherry             |                                       1 |
| 22.      | Punjab                 |                                      11 |
| 23.      | Rajasthan              |                                      27 |
| 24.      | Sikkim                 |                                       4 |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu             |                                      94 |
| 26.      | Telangana              |                                      65 |
| 27.      | Tripura                |                                       2 |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh          |                                     108 |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand            |                                       6 |
| 30.      | West Bengal            |                                      22 |
|          | Total                  |                                    1028 |

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