Lok Sabha Question No. 3036 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani, Manoj Rajoria, Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3036

## ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

†3036. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  taking  swift  steps  to  create  and  augment  electric vehicle charging infrastructure to promote electric vehicles across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the guidelines issued in this regard;
- (c) the details of incentives, subsidy and financial assistance given by the Government for setting up of these charging stations;
- (d) the  details  of  charging  stations  installed  in  the  country,  State-wise  including Rajasthan;
- (e) the time by which these are likely to be installed; and
- (f) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  electric charging stations across the country?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  to  (f)  :    To  increase  the  number  of  the  charging  stations  across  the  country,  the following steps have been taken;
- i. Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  a  clarification  that  the  charging  of  batteries  of electric vehicles through charging station does not require any license.
- ii. Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA)  has  issued  amendments  in  the  regulations regarding  Technical  Standards  pertaining  to  Grid  Connectivity  and  Safety  of supply for Charging Stations.
- iii. Revised  consolidated  Guidelines  &  Standards  for  charging  infrastructure  have been issued by the Ministry of Power on 14.01.2022 to accelerate the E-Mobility transition in the country.

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- iv. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has been selected as the Central Nodal Agency to take various initiatives  for  promotion  of  Charging  Infrastructure  for Electric Vehicles.
- v. Ministry of Power along with Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of  Heavy  Industries  and  NITI  Aayog  has  launched  a  nationwide  'Go  Electric' Campaign  on  19.02.2021  to  educate  the  general  public  on  the  benefits  of electric vehicles.
- vi. Action  plans  for  9  major  cities  have  been  prepared  by  Bureau  of  Energy Efficiency  (BEE)  for  installation  of  Public  Charging  Stations.  As  per  the  initial estimates, a total of 46,397 Public Charging Stations (PCS) are being targeted in these cities by 2030.
- vii. All  the  Central  Ministries  and  the  State  Governments  have  been  requested  to join  the  Government  of  India's  initiative  on  transformative  mobility  and  to convert  their  fleet  of  official  vehicles  from  the  present  Petrol/Diesel  Vehicles with Electric Vehicles.
- viii. There  are  2826  operational  public  charging  stations  (PCS)  in  the  country including the State of Rajasthan. The details of the PCS in the States are given at Annexure-A.
- ix. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has issued amendments in Model Building By-Laws and Urban and Regional Development Plans, Formulation and Implementation Guidelines regarding Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles.

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric & Hybrid Vehicles (FAME) is being  implemented  by  Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries  (MHI).  MHI  had  sanctioned  520 Charging Stations/Infrastructure under the Phase-I of FAME India Scheme.  Further, MHI has  also  sanctioned  2,877  Electric  Vehicle  Charging  Stations  in  68  cities  across  25 States/UTs and 1576 Charging Stations across 9 Expressways and 16 Highways under Phase  II  of  FAME  India  Scheme.    Under  FAME  India  Schemes  I  &  II,  a  total  of  532 Charging Stations have been installed as on 15 th  July, 2022 (479 under FAME-I and 53 under FAME-II).

At present, Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is being implemented on panIndia  basis (including Rajasthan) 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  focuses  on  supporting electrification of public & shared transportation and aims to support, through subsidies, 7090 e-buses, 5 lakh e-3 wheelers, 55000 e-4 wheeler passenger cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers.  In addition, creation of charging infrastructure is also supported to address the range anxiety among users of electric vehicles.

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ANNEXURE-A ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  UNSTARRED

QUESTION  NO. 3036 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022 **************

State wise Operational Public Charging Stations (PCS)

| Sl. No.     | States            | Operational PCS (nos.)   |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    | 100                      |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh | 2                        |
| 3           | Assam             | 12                       |
| 4           | Bihar             | 8                        |
| 5           | Chandigarh        | 7                        |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh      | 11                       |
| 7           | Delhi             | 504                      |
| 8           | Goa               | 18                       |
| 9           | Gujarat           | 55                       |
| 10          | Haryana           | 88                       |
| 11 Himachal | Pradesh 8         |                          |
| 12 Jammu    |                   | 2                        |
| 13          | Jharkhand         | 16                       |
| 14          | Karnataka         | 501                      |
| 15          | Kerala            | 95                       |
| 16 Madhya   | Pradesh           | 33                       |
| 17          | Maharashtra       | 573                      |
| 18          | Manipur           | 1                        |
| 19          | Meghalaya         | 12                       |
| 20          | Nagaland          | 2                        |
| 21          | Odisha            | 24                       |
| 22          | Puducherry        | 2                        |
| 23          | Punjab            | 22                       |
| 24          | Rajasthan         | 54                       |
| 25          | Sikkim            | 1                        |
| 26          | Tamil Nadu        | 276                      |
| 27          | Telangana         | 173                      |
| 28          | Tripura           | 2                        |
| 29          | Uttar Pradesh     | 159                      |
| 30          | Uttarakhand       | 23                       |
| 31          | West Bengal       | 42                       |
|             | Total             | 2826                     |

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