Lok Sabha Question No. 1406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Battery Swapping Stations
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1406

ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## BATTERY SWAPPING STATIONS

## 1406. SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of small battery swapping stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  for  implementation  of  uniform  standards  of  EV batteries to bring inter-operability amongst EVs; and
- (c) the details of battery swapping service providers in the country, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  (MoPNG)  has  informed  that  Oil  Marketing Companies (OMCs) as on 01.07.2022 established 54 battery swapping stations at their Retail Outlets (ROs).  The details are given at ANNEXURE A .
- (b) & (c): For implementing the battery swapping policy, Niti Aayog has uploaded a draft policy on their website for stakeholders consultation.

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Battery Swapping Stations operatonalised by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) at their Retail Outlets (ROs) as on 01.07.2022

| State/UT                                 |   No of RO's where EV Battery Swapping Stations is available |
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                         |                                                            0 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |                                                            2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |                                                            0 |
| Assam                                    |                                                            0 |
| Bihar                                    |                                                            0 |
| Chandigarh                               |                                                            4 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |                                                            1 |
| Delhi                                    |                                                           12 |
| Goa                                      |                                                            0 |
| Gujarat                                  |                                                            0 |
| Haryana                                  |                                                            7 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |                                                            0 |
| Jharkhand                                |                                                            0 |
| J&K UT                                   |                                                            0 |
| Karnataka                                |                                                            4 |
| Kerala                                   |                                                            6 |
| Lakshadweep                              |                                                            0 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |                                                            0 |
| Maharashtra                              |                                                            0 |
| Manipur                                  |                                                            0 |
| Meghalaya                                |                                                            0 |
| Nagaland                                 |                                                            0 |
| Odisha                                   |                                                            2 |
| Pondicherry                              |                                                            0 |
| Punjab                                   |                                                            0 |
| Rajasthan                                |                                                            2 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |                                                            0 |
| Telangana                                |                                                            6 |
| Tripura                                  |                                                            0 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                                            0 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |                                                            8 |
| Uttarakhand                              |                                                            0 |
| West Bengal                              |                                                            0 |
| Grand Total                              |                                                           54 |

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