Lok Sabha Question No. 3482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Electric Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is wide inter-State disparity in the penetration of electric vehicles and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the number of electric vehicles has increased at a quicker pace during the last four years and if so, the details and present status thereof along with future action plan, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      The  State-wise  details  of  electric  vehicles  as  on  03.08.2023  are provided in the Annexure.
- (b)    1.      The rate of increase of electric vehicles during last 4 years is provided below: -

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3482

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  AUGUST, 2023

## ELECTRIC VEHICLES

3482. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU: SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

| Year                   | No of Electric vehicles          | Percentage increase in year      |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|                        | registered registration, year on | registered registration, year on |
| 2018                   | 130254                           | -                                |
| 2019                   | 166822                           | 28.07%                           |
| 2020                   | 124654                           | -25.28%                          |
| 2021                   | 331466                           | 165.91%                          |
| 2022                   | 1024808                          | 209.17%                          |
| 2023 (till 03-08-2023) | 847439                           | -                                |

Note: The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per Vahan. Data for Telangana, and Lakshadweep is not available.

## 2.      Ministry of Heavy Industries has taken following initiatives to promote use of Electric vehicles (EVs) in the country: -

(i)     Launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015 and presently, Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years  w.e.f.  01st  April,  2019  with  a  total  budgetary  support  of  Rs. 10,000 crore. FAME II focuses on supporting electrification of public and shared transportation through subsidies to 7,090 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3  Wheelers,  55,000  e-4  Wheeler  Passenger  Cars  and  10  lakh  e-2 Wheelers.

(ii)    The Government on 12th May, 2021 approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) in the country in order to bring down prices of battery in the country. Drop in battery price will result in cost reduction of electric vehicles.

(iii)    Electric Vehicles are covered under Production Linked Incentive (PLI)  scheme  for  Automobile  and  Auto  Components,  which  was approved  on  15th  September  2021  with  a  budgetary  outlay  of  Rs. 25,938 crore for a period of five years.

## 3.      Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has taken following initiatives to promote use of Electric vehicles (EVs) in the country: -

- (i) Battery Operated Transport Vehicles have been granted exemption from the requirements of permit, vide S.O. 5333(E) dated 18th October, 2018. (ii)    Battery Operated Vehicles have been granted exemption from the payment of fees for the purpose of issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark vide GSR 525(E) dated 2nd August, 2021. (iii)    All  India  Tourist  Permit  is  issued for battery operated vehicles
- without payment of permit fee vide GSR 302(E) dated 18th April, 2023.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3482  ANSWERED  ON  10.08.2023  ASKED  BY  SHRI  KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU, SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY AND SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES

| Sr. No.     | State/UT                 | Total no of Electric Vehicles as on 03.08.2023   |
|-------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 190                                              |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh           | 67,905                                           |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh        | 28                                               |
| 4           | Assam                    | 1,20,423                                         |
| 5           | Bihar                    | 1,61,060                                         |
| 6           | Chandigarh               | 7,964                                            |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh             | 54,848                                           |
| 8           | Delhi                    | 2,33,212                                         |
| 9           | Goa                      | 12,615                                           |
| 10          | Gujarat                  | 1,38,410                                         |
| 11          | Haryana                  | 69,271                                           |
| 12          | Himachal Pradesh         | 2,410                                            |
| 13          | Jammu and Kashmir        | 10,896                                           |
| 14          | Jharkhand                | 36,759                                           |
| 15          | Karnataka                | 2,48,747                                         |
| 16          | Kerala                   | 98,332                                           |
| 17          | Ladakh                   | 65                                               |
| 18          | Madhya Pradesh           | 96,151                                           |
| 19          | Maharashtra              | 3,05,006                                         |
| 20          | Manipur                  | 1,203                                            |
| 21          | Meghalaya                | 139                                              |
| 22          | Mizoram                  | 118                                              |
| 23          | Nagaland                 | 62                                               |
| 24          | Odisha                   | 62,567                                           |
| 25          | Puducherry               | 4,588                                            |
| 26          | Punjab                   | 35,727                                           |
| 27          | Rajasthan                | 1,80,670                                         |
| 28          | Sikkim                   | 20                                               |
| 29          | Tamil Nadu               | 1,73,152                                         |
| 30          | Tripura                  | 14,839                                           |
| 31          | UT of DNH and DD         | 354                                              |
| 32          | Uttar Pradesh            | 5,74,967                                         |
| 33          | Uttarakhand              | 49,491                                           |
| 34          | West Bengal              | 68,376                                           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total              | 28,30,565                                        |

Note:     1- The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per Vahan. 2 - Data for Telangana and Lakshadweep is not available.

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