Lok Sabha Question No. 128 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Incentives for Electric Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Baijayant Panda

## be pleased to state:

- (a) the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) across the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  providing  any  incentives  to  EV owners, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  steps  undertaken  to  improve  EV  charging  infrastructure  on National Highways;
- (d) the total number of public EV charging stations installed so far; and
- (e) whether the Government has set any targets for the establishment of EV charging stations along highways and major roads, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

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

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 128 ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2025

## INCENTIVES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

## *128. SHRI BAIJAYANT PANDA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *128  FOR  ANSWER  ON  13.02.2025 ASKED  BY  SHRI  BAIJAYANT  PANDA  REGARDING  INCENTIVES  FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

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- (a) and (b) 1. Government in the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has  formulated  following  schemes  to  incentivise  and  promote  the adoption of Electric Vehicles:
- (i) PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme: PM E-DRIVE Scheme has been notified on 29th September  2024  for  promotion  of  electric  mobility  and  to  reduce dependence of fossil fuels in the country. The scheme has an outlay of ₹10,900 Crore over a period of two years from 01.04.2024 to 31.03.2026.  The  Electric  Mobility  Promotion  Scheme  (EMPS)  2024 implemented for the period of 06 months, from 01.04.2024 to 30.09.2024, is subsumed in the PM E-DRIVE scheme. This scheme aims to  incentivise  sale  of  e-2W,  e-3W,  e-Trucks,  e-Ambulances,  and  ebuses. The scheme also supports development of charging infrastructure and upgradation of vehicle testing agencies.
- (ii) Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  Automobile  and  Auto Component Industry (PLI-Auto): Government on 15th September 2021 approved PLI-Auto Scheme, for enhancing India's manufacturing capabilities for Advanced Automotive Technology (AAT) products with a budgetary outlay of ₹25,938 Crore.
- (iii) Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  manufacturing Advanced  Chemistry  Cells  (ACC):  Government  on  12th  May,  2021 approved  PLI-ACC  in  order  to  promote  manufacturing  of  ACC  in  the country  with  a  budgetary  outlay  of  ₹18,100  Crore.  The  scheme envisages to establish a cumulative ACC  battery  manufacturing capacity of 50 GWh.
- (iv) Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme Phase-II (FAME-II): FAME-II was implemented for  a  period  of  5  years  w.e.f.  01st  April,  2019  with  a  total  budgetary support of ₹11,500  Crore.  Under  FAME-II,  Phased  Manufacturing Programme  (PMP)  was  introduced  with  the  objective  of  domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles, its assemblies/ sub-assemblies and parts/sub-parts thereby increasing the domestic value addition.
- (v) PM  e-Bus  Sewa-Payment  Security  Mechanism  (PSM)  Scheme: This Scheme notified on 28th October 2024, has an outlay of ₹3,435.33 Crore  and  aims  to  support  deployment  of  more  than  38,000  electric buses. The objective of scheme is to provide payment security to ebus  operators  in  case  of  default  by  Public  Transport  Authorities (PTAs).
- (vi) Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Manufacturing  of  Electric  Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI): This scheme was notified on 15th March 2024 to  promote  the  manufacturing  of  electric  cars  in  India.  This  scheme requires applicants to invest a minimum of ₹4150 Crore and to achieve a  minimum Domestic Value Addition (DVA) of 25% at the end of the third year and DVA of 50% at the end of the fifth year.
2. Government in the Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024,  dated  17th  September  2024,  outline  standards and  protocols  to  create  connected  &  interoperable  EV  charging infrastructure  network  which  includes  Battery  Swapping/Charging stations.
3. The following steps have been taken by the Government in the Ministry of Road Transport and  Highways (MoRTH) to promote adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the country:
- (i) Notification  issued  vide  S.O.  5333(E)  dated  the  18th  October, 2018, has granted exemption from the requirements of permit to the battery operated transport vehicles.
- (ii) Notification issued vide G.S.R. 525(E) dated the 2nd August, 2021 has exempted Battery Operated Vehicles from the payment of fees for the purpose  of issue or renewal  of registration certificate  and assignment of new registration mark.
- (iii) Notification issued vide G.S.R. 302(E) dated the 18th April, 2023 to issue All India Tourist Permit for battery operated vehicles without payment of any permit fee.
- (iv) Notification issued vide G.S.R. 167(E) dated the 1st March, 2019 for  retro-fitment  of  hybrid  electric  system  or  electric  kit  to  vehicles and  their  compliance  standards  shall  be  as  per  Automotive  Industry Standards (AIS) 123.
- (v) Notification issued vide G.S.R. 749(E) dated the 7th August, 2018, has notified the registration mark for Battery Operated Vehicles to be in Yellow colour on Green background for the transport vehicles and, for all other cases, in White colour on Green background.
- (vi) An  advisory  dated  12th  August,  2020  has  been  issued  to  all States and UTs regarding sale and registration of two wheeled Electric Vehicles without batteries.
- (c) National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI),  through  National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) envisions development of Wayside Amenities at approximate intervals of 40-60 km along National Highways and Expressways. EV Charging Stations (EVCS) have been provisioned as mandatory facility on these WSAs.

So far 50 WSAs  having EV charging facilities are operational. Presently,  Government  has  targeted  to  award  around  700  Wayside Amenities.    Out  of  700  WSAs  planned,  458  have  been  awarded,  of which 90 are operational.

- (d) and (e) 1. Under  FAME-II  Scheme  a  subsidy  support  of  Rs.800 Crore  had  been  sanctioned  in  March  2023  to  three  Oil  marketing companies (OMCs) namely Indian Oil Corporation  Ltd.  (IOCL),  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) for setting up 7,432 public charging stations (PCS) at their Retail Outlets (ROs) across the country. As of 01.01.2025, OMCs have installed 4523 number of EVCS at their Retails Outlets (ROs) under FAME Scheme out of which 251 EVCS has been energized.

Further, MHI sanctioned an additional Rs.73.50 Crore for installation of 980 Public Charging stations in March 2024. In addition, 400 charging stations have also been sanctioned in various states.

2. 26,367  Public  EV  Charging  Stations  has  been  deployed  across the Country. The State / UT wise deployed Public EV Charging Stations (PCS) is detailed as under.

|   S. No. | State Name        |   No. of PCS |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar |            4 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |          614 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |           44 |
|        4 | Assam             |          311 |
|        5 | Bihar             |          393 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |           14 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      |          290 |
|        8 | Delhi             |         1951 |
|        9 | Goa               |          155 |
|       10 | Gujarat           |         1008 |
|       11 | Haryana           |          808 |

| 12    | Himachal Pradesh 114   |
|-------|------------------------|
| 13    | Jammu & Kashmir 157    |
| 14    | Jharkhand 277          |
| 15    | Karnataka 5879         |
| 16    | Kerala 1288            |
| 17    | Ladakh 1               |
| 18    | Lakshadweep 1          |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh 942     |
| 20    | Maharashtra 3842       |
| 21    | Manipur 50             |
| 22    | Meghalaya 43           |
| 23    | Mizoram 13             |
| 24    | Nagaland 36            |
| 25    | Odisha 550             |
| 26    | Puducherry 42          |
| 27    | Punjab 607             |
| 28    | Rajasthan 1285         |
| 29    | Sikkim 11              |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu 1495        |
| 31    | Telangana 976          |
| 32    | Tripura 54             |
| 33    | UT OF D&NH AND D&D 6   |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh 2113     |
| 35    | Uttarakhand 202        |
| 36    | West Bengal 791        |
| Total | Total                  |

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