Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-02
Subject: Online National Database of Public EV Charging Stations
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.15 ANSWERED ON 02.02.2023

## ONLINE NATIONAL DATABASE OF PUBLIC EV CHARGING STATIONS

15. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has created an online national database of public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  such  charging  stations  currently  in  operation  in  the country;
- (d) whether EV charging stations require registration for being operationalized along highways; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  regarding  the  current  density  of  charging  stations  on highways?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : Ministry of Power have issued revised guidelines for public Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure and have tasked Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to create and maintain a national online database through a Web-Portal/Software/Mobile Application  for  the  database  of  Public  Charging  Stations  throughout  the  country  in consultation with State Nodal Agencies (SNAs). A mobile application and web-portal, 'EV Yatra' has been launched on 14 th  December, 2022.

- (c) : As per the data available with Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a total of 5254 Public Charging Stations (PCS) are currently operational in the country as on 23.01.2023. Details of state wise operational public EV charging stations is at Annexure-A.
- (d) : As per revised consolidated Guidelines & Standards for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EVs) issued by Ministry of Power on 14.01.2022, no license is required for operationalization of EV charging stations.
- (e) :    As  per  data  available  with  Bureau  of  Energy  Efficiency  (BEE),  43  public  EV charging  stations  are  currently  operational  on  National  Highways  across  the  country. Details of national highways wise operational public EV charging stations are placed at Annexure-B.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.15 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.02.2023

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## State wise operational Public EV Charging Stations (PCS)

| Sl. No.                         | State Name                   |   No. of PCS |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
| 1                               | Andaman & Nicobar            |            3 |
| 2                               | Andhra Pradesh               |          222 |
| 3                               | Arunachal Pradesh            |            9 |
| 4                               | Assam                        |           48 |
| 5                               | Bihar                        |           83 |
| 6                               | Chandigarh                   |            6 |
| 7                               | Chhattisgarh                 |           46 |
| 8                               | Delhi                        |          539 |
| 9                               | Goa                          |           44 |
| 10                              | Gujarat                      |          170 |
| 11                              | Haryana                      |          230 |
| 12                              | Himachal Pradesh             |           27 |
| 13                              | Jammu & Kashmir              |           24 |
| 14                              | Jharkhand                    |           60 |
| 15                              | Karnataka                    |          704 |
| 16                              | Kerala                       |          192 |
| 17                              | Lakshadweep                  |            1 |
| 18                              | Madhya Pradesh               |          174 |
| 19                              | Maharashtra                  |          660 |
| 20                              | Manipur                      |           16 |
| 21                              | Meghalaya                    |           19 |
| 22                              | Nagaland                     |            6 |
| 23                              | Odisha                       |          117 |
| 24                              | Puducherry                   |            4 |
| 25                              | Punjab                       |          126 |
| 26                              | Rajasthan                    |          254 |
| 27                              | Sikkim                       |            1 |
| 28 Tamil                        | Nadu                         |          442 |
| 29                              | Telangana                    |          365 |
| 30                              | Tripura                      |           18 |
| 31 UT Administration of Dadra & | Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |            1 |
| 32                              | Uttar Pradesh                |          406 |
| 33                              | Uttarakhand                  |           48 |
| 34                              | West Bengal                  |          189 |
| Total                           | Total                        |         5254 |

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ANNEXURE-B ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.15 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 02.02.2023 **************

National highway wise operational Public EV Charging Stations (PCS)

| Sl. No.   | National Highways No.   |   Operational PCS (No.) |
|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | National Highway - 22   |                       2 |
| 2         | National Highway - 8    |                       3 |
| 3         | National Highway - 1    |                       2 |
| 4         | National Highway - 11   |                       8 |
| 5         | National Highway - 8    |                       9 |
| 6         | National Highway - 48   |                       1 |
| 7         | National Highway - 16   |                       7 |
| 8         | National Highway - 4    |                       1 |
| 9         | National Highway - 8E   |                       1 |
| 10        | National Highway - 5    |                       2 |
| 11        | National Highway - 44   |                       1 |
| 12        | National Highway - 216  |                       1 |
| 13        | National Highway - 65   |                       1 |
| 14        | National Highway - 221  |                       1 |
| 15        | National Highway - 563  |                       1 |
| 16        | National Highway - 163  |                       1 |
| 17        | National Highway - 148  |                       1 |
| Total     | Total                   |                      43 |

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