Lok Sabha Question No. 270 (STARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Setting up of EV Charging Stations
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 270

ANSWERED ON 08.08.2023

## SETTING UP OF EV CHARGING STATIONS

## *270.  SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that country requires setting up of 50,000 charging stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs) by 2030 to reach the global benchmark;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the EV/public charger ratio in India is 135 per EV;
- (d) if  so,  the  number  of  charging  stations  required  for  implementing  EV  policy  in  the country; and
- (e) the details of the public chargers operational in the country and the proposed target of number of public chargers to be set up/started in near future?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

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

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## STATEMENT

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 270 FOR 08.08.2023 ASKED BY SHRI MANOJ KOTAK REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF EV CHARGING STATIONS'.

(a) & (b): As per inputs received from Ministry of Power, preliminary studies carried out for nine cities having 4 million plus population, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata indicate a requirement of 18,000 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations by the year 2030.

(c)  to  (e): As  per  the  VAHAN  portal  managed  by  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways (MoRTH) 28,17,554 electric vehicles are operational in the country as on 31 st  July, 2023 and in terms of the data available with BEE 9,113 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations are operational in the country which corresponds to 15,493 nos. of EV chargers.  Accordingly, the ratio of Electric Vehicles (EVs) to Public EV public chargers in the country comes out to be 182.

As per Ministry of Power, there are no targets fixed for installation of Public EV Chargers in  the  country.  Further,  Ministry  of  Petroleum  &  Natural  Gas  is  currently  in  the  process  of deploying 22,000 Public EV Charging Stations expected to be installed by December, 2024.  Out of these 22,000 Public EV Charging Stations, 7432 nos. are being deployed under FAME-II scheme implemented by Ministry of Heavy Industry.

Details of state wise Operational Public EV Charging stations and public EV chargers is placed at ANNEXURE.

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## State wise operational public EV charging stations, EV Chargers and EV Connectors as on 31 st  July, 2023

| S. No.    | State Name        |   No. of operational Public Charging Station (PCS) |   Number of EV Chargers |   Number of Charging Points/Vehicle Connectors |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                                  3 |                       5 |                                              5 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                307 |                     348 |                                            355 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                  9 |                      16 |                                             16 |
| 4         | Assam             |                                                 52 |                      91 |                                             91 |
| 5         | Bihar             |                                                106 |                     183 |                                            183 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |                                                  9 |                      11 |                                             17 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |                                                110 |                     152 |                                            156 |
| 8         | Delhi             |                                               1627 |                    2917 |                                           3247 |
| 9         | Goa               |                                                 55 |                      75 |                                             90 |
| 10        | Gujarat           |                                                303 |                     490 |                                            601 |
| 11        | Haryana           |                                                279 |                     570 |                                            625 |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh  |                                                 37 |                      53 |                                             53 |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                                 32 |                      62 |                                             63 |
| 14        | Jharkhand         |                                                114 |                     167 |                                            192 |
| 15        | Karnataka         |                                                753 |                    1419 |                                           1680 |
| 16        | Kerala            |                                                187 |                     382 |                                            448 |
| 17        | Lakshadweep       |                                                  1 |                       2 |                                              2 |
| 18        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                267 |                     428 |                                            438 |
| 19        | Maharashtra       |                                               2494 |                    3793 |                                           4211 |
| 20        | Manipur           |                                                 17 |                      32 |                                             32 |
| 21        | Meghalaya         |                                                 19 |                      80 |                                             80 |
| 22        | Nagaland          |                                                  7 |                      10 |                                             10 |
| 23        | Odisha            |                                                153 |                     278 |                                            287 |
| 24        | Puducherry        |                                                  4 |                       8 |                                              8 |
| 25        | Punjab            |                                                121 |                     234 |                                            247 |
| 26        | Rajasthan         |                                                373 |                     615 |                                            629 |
| 27        | Sikkim            |                                                  2 |                       4 |                                              4 |
| 28        | Tamil Nadu        |                                                459 |                    1152 |                                           1320 |
| 29        | Telangana         |                                                412 |                     550 |                                            675 |
| 30        | Tripura           |                                                 18 |                      33 |                                             33 |
| 31        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                469 |                     778 |                                            852 |
| 32        | Uttarakhand       |                                                 50 |                      97 |                                            108 |
| 33        | West Bengal       |                                                264 |                     458 |                                            478 |
| Total PCS | Total PCS         |                                               9113 |                   15493 |                                          17236 |

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