Lok Sabha Question No. 1385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Cost of Electric Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1385

ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## COST OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

## 1385.   SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA :

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

- (a) Whether the Government proposes to reduce the cost of electric vehicles (EV) to the level of petrol vehicles in the next two years, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) Whether the Government has identified the States where the infrastructural facilities are to be developed for the e-vehicles, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to frame policy for installing EV charging stations across major National Highways (NH) in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): To bring the cost of electric vehicles at par with petrol vehicles, the Government under the  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric  Vehicles  in  India  (FAME India) Scheme supports electric vehicles by way demand incentives. The demand incentive for electric two wheelers has been increased to Rs. 15,000/KWh from Rs. 10,000/KWh with an increase in cap from 20% to 40% of the cost of vehicle from 11 th June, 2021.
- (b) to (d): Yes, Sir, creation of charging infrastructure is being supported under FAME India Scheme to address range anxiety among users of electric vehicles.  520 charging stations have been sanctioned under the Phase-I of FAME India Scheme.  Out of 520 charging stations, 452 EV charging stations has been installed.

In Phase-II of FAME-India Scheme, Rs. 1000 Cr. is allocated for the development of charging  infrastructure.  This  Ministry  has  sanctioned  2,877  Electric  Vehicle  Charging Stations  in  68  cities  across  25  States/UTs.  Further,  1576  charging  stations  have  been sanctioned across 9 Expressways and 16 Highways under Phase II of FAME India Scheme.

The details of charging stations sanctioned and installed under FAME-India Scheme are attached as ANNEXURE.

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## Charging infrastructure sanctioned under FAME 1 (pilot projects):

| Project                                                                                                |   No. of Charging Stations |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Public Fast Charging Infrastructure Network for Electric Vehicles at Bangalore                         |                         25 |
| Solar Based Charging Infrastructure for EVs in NCR by REIL, Jaipur                                     |                          3 |
| Setting-up 200 Charging Stations by REIL, Jaipur Delhi-Jaipur Highway                                  |                        200 |
| Solar Grid Hybrid and Grid powered Charging Station along Delhi- Jaipur, Mumbai-Pune &few other cities |                        270 |
| Solar Based Chargers (20 locations) along Delhi-Chandigarh Highway                                     |                         22 |
| Total                                                                                                  |                        520 |

## Details of Charging Stations State-wise installed/ set up (As on 08-11-2021):

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/ UT          |   Charging Stations |
|-----------|----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | Telangana                  |                  56 |
| 2.        | Jharkhand                  |                  29 |
| 3.        | Goa                        |                  26 |
| 4.        | Karnataka                  |                  48 |
| 5.        | Himachal Pradesh           |                   9 |
| 6.        | Uttar Pradesh              |                  15 |
| 7.        | Rajasthan                  |                  49 |
| 8.        | Delhi                      |                  94 |
| 9.        | Chandigarh UT              |                  48 |
| 10.       | Delhi-Jaipur- Agra Highway |                  29 |
| 11.       | Mumbai-Pune Expressway     |                  16 |
| 12.       | Jaipur- Delhi Highway      |                   9 |
| 13.       | Delhi- Chandigarh Highway  |                  24 |
| Total     | Total                      |                 452 |

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## Electric Vehicle Charging stations sanctioned to States/ UTs under FAME-II:

|   Sl. No. | State/ UTs     |   No. of charging stations |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra    |                        317 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh |                        266 |
|         3 | Tamil Nadu     |                        281 |
|         4 | Gujarat        |                        278 |
|         5 | Uttar Pradesh  |                        207 |
|         6 | Rajasthan      |                        205 |
|         7 | Karnataka      |                        172 |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh |                        235 |
|         9 | West Bengal    |                        141 |
|        10 | Telangana      |                        138 |
|        11 | Kerala         |                        211 |
|        12 | Delhi          |                         72 |
|        13 | Chandigarh     |                         70 |
|        14 | Haryana        |                         50 |

| 15.   | Meghalaya                       |   40 |
|-------|---------------------------------|------|
| 16.   | Bihar                           |   37 |
| 17.   | Sikkim                          |   29 |
| 18.   | Jammu &Kashmir                  |   25 |
| 19.   | Chhattisgarh                    |   25 |
| 20.   | Assam                           |   20 |
| 21.   | Odisha                          |   18 |
| 22.   | Uttarakhand                     |   10 |
| 23.   | Puducherry                      |   10 |
| 24.   | Andaman and Nicobar(Port Blair) |   10 |
| 25.   | Himachal Pradesh                |   10 |
| Total | Total                           | 2877 |

## EV chargers sanctioned to states/UTs under FAME-II:

## Corridor/Expressway:

| Sr. No.   | Name of Corridor/Expressway     |   Charging Stations |
|-----------|---------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Mumbai - Pune Expressway        |                  10 |
| 2         | Ahmadabad - Vadodara Expressway |                  10 |
| 3         | Delhi Agra Yamuna Expressway    |                  20 |
| 4         | Bengaluru Mysore Expressway     |                  14 |
| 5         | Bengaluru Chennai Expressway    |                  30 |
| 6         | Surat - Mumbai Expressway       |                  30 |
| 7         | Agra - Lucknow Expressway       |                  40 |
| 8         | Eastern Peripheral expressway   |                  14 |
| 9         | Hyderabad ORR Expressway        |                  16 |
| Total     | Total                           |                 184 |

## Highways:

| Sr. No.   | Name of Highways                             |   Charging Stations |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Delhi - Srinagar Highway                     |                  80 |
| 2         | Delhi - Kolkata Highway                      |                 160 |
| 3         | Agra - Nagpur Highway                        |                  80 |
| 4         | Meerut to GangotriDham Highway               |                  44 |
| 5         | Mumbai - Delhi Highway                       |                 124 |
| 6         | Mumbai-Panaji Highway                        |                  60 |
| 7         | Mumbai - Nagpur Highway                      |                  70 |
| 8         | Mumbai - Bengaluru Highway                   |                 100 |
| 9         | Kolkata - Bhubaneswar Highway                |                  44 |
| 10        | Kolkata - Nagpur Highway                     |                 120 |
| 11        | Kolkata - Gangtok Highway                    |                  76 |
| 12        | Chennai-Bhubaneswar Highway                  |                 120 |
| 13        | Chennai - Trivendram Highway                 |                  74 |
| 14        | Chennai-Ballary Highway                      |                  62 |
| 15        | Chennai - Nagpur Highway                     |                 114 |
| 16        | Mangaldai (Assam) -Wakro (Arunachal Pradesh) |                  64 |
| Total     | Total                                        |                1392 |