Lok Sabha Question No. 2299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Charging Stations
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2299

ANSWERED ON 20.12.2022

## CHARGING STATIONS

## 2299. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

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

- (a) whether it is estimated that the country will need four lakh charging stations by 2026 to complement adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government intend to facilitate this and other supporting infrastructure for EVs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  measures/steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  policies  to  boost  EV manufacturing are also environmentally sustainable, particularly with respect to extracting lithium and cobalt, and recycling of lithium batteries?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No Sir, there is no such study has been conducted in the Ministry of Heavy Industries in this regard.
- (b): Under phase-II of FAME-India Scheme, Rs. 1000 Cr. is allocated for the development of charging infrastructure.  The Ministry has sanctioned 2,877 electric vehicle charging stations in 68 cities  across  25  states/UTs.    Further,  1576  charging  stations  across  9  Expressways  and  16 Highways under phase-II of FAME India Scheme has also been sanctioned.  Further, the Ministry of  Heavy  Industries  had  also  sanctioned  520  Charging  Stations  for  developing  charging Infrastructure under Phase-I of FAME India Scheme.
- (c): Further,  to  boost  electric  vehicles  manufacturing,  following  three  schemes  have  been formulated by the Ministry of Heavy Industries:
- i. Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  Hybrid  and  Electric  Vehicles  in  India  (FAME India): The Government notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme initially for a period of five years commencing from 1 st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crore.
- ii. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automotive Sector: The Government on 15 th Sep 2021 approved the PLI Scheme for Automotive Sector with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,938 crores.  Electric vehicles are covered under this PLI scheme.
- iii. PLI Scheme for Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC): The Government on 12 th  May, 2021 approved  PLI  Scheme  for  manufacturing  of  Advanced  Chemistry  Cell  (ACC)  in  the country with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 18,100 crore.  The scheme envisages to establish a competitive ACC battery manufacturing set up in the country for 30 GWh.  Additionally, 5GWh of niche ACC technologies is also covered under the Scheme.  The program is technology agnostic in nature and currently, the chemistries are based on Lithium- Cell.

Further, as per the information received from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,  Government  of  India  published  the  Battery  Waste  Management  Rules,  2022  on 24 th August,  2022  for  environmentally  sound  management  of  waste  batteries,  including  EV batteries.

The rules provide Extended Producer Responsibility framework for producers of batteries to recycle/ refurbish the waste batteries as per the prescribed timelines.  Further, the rules mandate the recyclers to recover the minimum percentage of materials from waste batteries.

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