Lok Sabha Question No. 1842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: PM E-DRIVE and FAME Scheme
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Shri P V Midhun Reddy, Dr. C M Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1842

ANSWERED ON 11.03.2025

## PM E-DRIVE AND FAME SCHEME

## 1842.  SHRI P V MIDHUN REDDY: DR. C M RAMESH:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved in September 2024 a new scheme called PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE), if so, the salient features of the Scheme;
- (b)  whether  the  PM  E-DRIVE  Scheme  includes  any  specific  provision  for  electric  buses  in Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of electric buses allocated to Andhra Pradesh under this scheme and the timeline for its deployment;
- (d) the plans for establishing fast-charging stations in Andhra Pradesh, especially in underserved areas;
- (e) the difference between PM E-DRIVE and The Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) Scheme;
- (f) whether under the PM E-DRIVE demand aggregation is not done in any city from the State of Andhra Pradesh which provide e-buses; and
- (g) if so, whether the Government would consider the same?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

- (a): Yes, Government of India has notified the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) scheme on 29.09.2024.   The salient feature of the scheme are as under:
- i. Introduction of E- Vouchers: - The Ministry of Heavy Industry (MHI) has introduced E-vouchers for Electric vehicle buyer to avail the demand incentive under the scheme.
- ii. Introduction of new vehicle segments: - An allocation ₹500 crore each has been done for incentivizing sale of e-ambulances and e-trucks under the scheme.  This is new initiative of Government of India to promote the use of e-ambulances for a comfortable patient transport. Similarly,  e-trucks  have  also  been  introduced  under  the  scheme  since  trucks  are  major contributors to air pollution.  To avail subsidy on e-truck submission of a scrapping certificate from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) approved vehicles scrapping centres (RVSF) has been made mandatory.

iii. Upgradation of testing agencies: Rs. 780 Crore has been provisioned for upgradation of vehicles testing agencies.

(b, c, f & g): An allocation of ₹4,391 crore has been made for deployment of 14,028 e-buses under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme.  Initially, nine cities with a population of more than 40 lakh will be targeted namely Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat and Pune.  For procurement and operation of e-buses in unique geographies, such as hilly and north-eastern states, island territories and coastal regions, a different set of guidelines may be adopted, potentially including a non-OPEX model, as suitable to support e-bus penetration. Under this scheme, e-buses have not been allocated to any city so far.

(d): An allocation of ₹2,000 crore has been made under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme for setting up of public charging infrastructure on pan-India basis including the state of Andhra Pradesh.

(e) : The difference between PM E-DRIVE scheme and FAME-II scheme are as under:

| S. No.   | Details                                                                        | PME-DRIVE scheme                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | FAME-II scheme                                                |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Outlay                                                                         | ₹10,900 crore                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | ₹11,500 crore                                                 |
| 2.       | Scheme Period                                                                  | 2 Years available till 31.03.2026                                                                                                                                                                                                | 5 Years i.e. 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2024                         |
| 3.       | New Components under Demand Incentive                                          | E-ambulances and e-trucks have been introduced under the scheme with an outlay of ₹500 crore each.                                                                                                                               | These EV segments were not available under FAME- II scheme.   |
| 4.       | New Component under Grants for Creation of Capital Assets                      | Provision of ₹780 crore for Upgradation of Testing Agencies.                                                                                                                                                                     | FAME-II had no support in form of Grants to Testing Agencies. |
| 5 .      | Aadhar based face authentication, generation of e-voucher and selfie uploading | The Scheme has a unique feature of Aadhaar based face authentication has been introduced under the scheme. Further voucher generation and uploading of selfie authenticating the sale is another unique feature of this scheme.  | There was no such provision under FAME-II.                    |
| 6.       | Conditional incentive on furnishing Scrapping Certificate                      | For e-buses, preference will be given to those states, which plan to deploy e-buses after scrapping old ICE buses. For e-trucks , to avail subsidy, submission of a scrapping certificate of ICE trucks has been made mandatory. | There was no such provision under FAME-II.                    |

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