Lok Sabha Question No. 181 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Use of Electric Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 181 ANSWERED ON 14.03.2023

## USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

## *181. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:

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 the roads of India, State-wise particularly in Odisha;
- (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 for both the manufacturer and the customer in order to make electric vehicles more affordable;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to promote the use of electric vehicles in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Odisha?

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

- (a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 181, PRIORITY NO.01 FOR 14.03.2023 ASKED BY SHRI

## ANUBHAV MOHANTY, MP, ODISHA --REGARDING 'ELECTRIC VEHICLES'.

- (a) & (b): As  per  the  information  available  in  the  VAHAN-4  centralized  database  of  RC (Registration Certificate), the number of electrical vehicles as on 06.03.2023 and the proportion to total vehicles, State- wise, including Odisha are attached at ANNEXURE-I .
- (c): As per the inputs received from Ministry of Power, the details of state wise Public EV charging Stations is given at ANNEXURE-II .
- (d)  &  (e): No Sir. MHI does not provide any incentive on prices of batteries in order to make Electrical Vehicles more affordable. However, MHI has launched Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, wherein incentives are given to the manufacturers of Advanced Chemistry Cells (ACC). The scheme envisages to establish a cumulative ACC battery manufacturing capacity of 50GWh. The details of the PLI ACC scheme may be seen at https://heavyindustries.gov.in/UserView/index?mid=2487 .
- (f): Yes Sir. In order to promote the use of Electric Vehicles (EV) in the country including Odisha, the Government launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015 and presently, 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. This phase of FAME II focuses on supporting electrification of public and shared  transportation  through  subsidies  to  7,090  e-Buses,  5  lakh  e-3  Wheelers,  55,000  e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers.

The  number  of  electrical  vehicles  supported  under  FAME  India  Scheme  Phase  II  including Odisha are mentioned in Annexure III.

Further, following steps have been taken by the Government for adoption of EV in the country:

- (i) The Government on 12 th  May 2021 approved Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing Advanced Chemistry Cells (ACC) in order to promote their manufacturing in the country. The budgetary outlay of the scheme is Rs.18,100 crores.
- (ii) EVs are also incentivized under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components, which was approved on 15 th  September 2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs.25,938 crores for a period of 5 years.

(iii) GST on EVs has been reduced from 12% to 5%; GST on chargers/ charging stations for EVs has been reduced from 18% to 5%.

- (iv)  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  (MoRTH)  announced  that  the  battery  operated vehicles will be given green license plates and be exempted from permit requirements.
- (v)  MoRTH issued a notification advising states to waive road tax on EVs, which in turn will help reduce the initial cost of the EVs.

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## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in 181 part (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha starred question no. 181 for 14.03.2023

Detail of State Wise Electric and Total Vehicle count as on 06-03-2023

| S. No.   | State Name              | Electric Vehicle Count   | Total Vehicle Count   |   Proportion |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Island | 182                      | 1,58,315              |      0.00115 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 51,322                   | 1,59,62,424           |      0.00322 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 24                       | 2,90,622              |      8e-05   |
| 4        | Assam                   | 94,929                   | 51,78,788             |      0.01833 |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 1,28,885                 | 1,12,35,698           |      0.01147 |
| 6        | Chandigarh              | 5,533                    | 8,25,027              |      0.00671 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh            | 40,516                   | 72,67,618             |      0.00557 |
| 8        | Delhi                   | 2,03,263                 | 1,40,12,763           |      0.01451 |
| 9        | Goa                     | 8,710                    | 11,86,956             |      0.00734 |
| 10       | Gujarat                 | 99,236                   | 2,22,48,231           |      0.00446 |
| 11       | Haryana                 | 56,243                   | 1,18,52,730           |      0.00475 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh        | 1,877                    | 21,29,378             |      0.00088 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir       | 7,080                    | 19,87,453             |      0.00356 |
| 14       | Jharkhand               | 28,395                   | 68,66,827             |      0.00414 |
| 15       | Karnataka               | 1,83,536                 | 2,93,84,250           |      0.00625 |
| 16       | Kerala                  | 65,545                   | 1,65,74,564           |      0.00395 |
| 17       | Ladakh                  | 47                       | 41,404                |      0.00114 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh          | 42,957                   | 1,83,07,752           |      0.00235 |
| 19       | Maharashtra             | 2,26,134                 | 3,36,60,442           |      0.00672 |
| 20       | Manipur                 | 1,052                    | 5,43,568              |      0.00194 |
| 21       | Meghalaya               | 83                       | 5,00,953              |      0.00017 |
| 22       | Mizoram                 | 76                       | 3,44,378              |      0.00022 |
| 23       | Nagaland                | 60                       | 4,05,992              |      0.00015 |
| 24       | Odisha                  | 45,562                   | 1,04,24,349           |      0.00437 |
| 25       | Puducherry              | 3,376                    | 13,11,922             |      0.00257 |
| 26       | Punjab                  | 25,597                   | 1,29,57,699           |      0.00198 |
| 27       | Rajasthan               | 1,43,273                 | 1,84,43,455           |      0.00777 |
| 28       | Sikkim                  | 21                       | 1,05,211              |      0.0002  |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu              | 1,29,153                 | 3,10,67,518           |      0.00416 |
| 30       | Tripura                 | 12,229                   | 7,00,334              |      0.01746 |
| 31       | UT of DNH and DD        | 303                      | 3,66,873              |      0.00083 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh           | 4,65,432                 | 4,30,00,681           |      0.01082 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand             | 42,308                   | 35,96,346             |      0.01176 |
| 34       | West Bengal             | 57,512                   | 1,48,95,998           |      0.00386 |
|          | Grand Total             | 21,70,451                | 33,78,36,519          |      0.00642 |

Annexure referred to in 181 part (c) of Lok Sabha starred question no. 181 for 14.03.2023

## State wise operational Public EV Charging Stations (PCS)

| S. No.   | State Name                         |   No. of Operational PCS |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar                   |                        3 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                      222 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                        9 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                       48 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                       83 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                        6 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |                       46 |
| 8        | Delhi                              |                     1845 |
| 9        | Goa                                |                       44 |
| 10       | Gujarat                            |                      195 |
| 11       | Haryana                            |                      232 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                       27 |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                       24 |
| 14       | Jharkhand                          |                       60 |
| 15       | Karnataka                          |                      704 |
| 16       | Kerala                             |                      192 |
| 17       | Lakshadweep                        |                        1 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                      174 |
| 19       | Maharashtra                        |                      660 |
| 20       | Manipur                            |                       16 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                          |                       19 |
| 22       | Nagaland                           |                        6 |
| 23       | Odisha                             |                      117 |
| 24       | Puducherry                         |                        4 |
| 25       | Punjab                             |                      126 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          |                      254 |
| 27       | Sikkim                             |                        1 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         |                      441 |
| 29       | Telangana                          |                      365 |
| 30       | Tripura                            |                       18 |
| 31       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                        1 |
| 32       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                      406 |
| 33       | Uttarakhand                        |                       48 |
| 34       | West Bengal                        |                      189 |
| Total    | Total                              |                     6586 |

Annexure referred to in 181 part (f) of Lok Sabha starred question no. 181 for 14.03.2023 State/UT-wise list of Electric Vehicles supported under FAME-India Scheme Phase-II including Odisha are as under. (as on 02.03.2023)

| S. No.         | State/UTs                                    | Total Number of /Sales   |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1              | Jammu Kashmir                                | 3409                     |
| 2              | Himachal Pradesh                             | 1211                     |
| 3              | Punjab                                       | 10380                    |
| 4              | Chandigarh                                   | 1270                     |
| 5              | Uttarakhand                                  | 9566                     |
| 6              | Haryana                                      | 17708                    |
| 7              | Delhi                                        | 58226                    |
| 8              | Rajasthan                                    | 63755                    |
| 9              | Uttar Pradesh                                | 41134                    |
| 10             | Bihar                                        | 19299                    |
| 11             | Sikkim                                       | 9                        |
| 12             | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 3                        |
| 14             | Manipur                                      | 423                      |
| 16             | Tripura                                      | 2808                     |
| 17             | Meghalaya                                    | 48                       |
| 18             | Assam                                        | 3929                     |
| 19             | West Bengal                                  | 10760                    |
| 20             | Jharkhand                                    | 8988                     |
| 21             | Odisha                                       | 28975                    |
| 22             | Chhattisgarh                                 | 20709                    |
| 23             | Madhya Pradesh                               | 31860                    |
| 24             | Gujarat                                      | 78133                    |
| 27             | Maharashtra                                  | 155405                   |
| 28             | Andhra Pradesh                               | 37282                    |
| 29             | Karnataka                                    | 129717                   |
| 30             | Goa                                          | 6181                     |
| 31             | Lakshadweep                                  | 7                        |
| 32             | Kerala                                       | 44871                    |
| 33             | Tamil Nadu                                   | 88404                    |
| 34             | Puducherry                                   | 1703                     |
| 35             | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  | 8                        |
| 36             | Telangana                                    | 38183                    |
| 37             | Ladakh                                       | 20                       |
| 38             | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 140                      |
| Total 9,14,524 | Total 9,14,524                               | Total 9,14,524           |

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