Lok Sabha Question No. 3172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-07
Subject: Adoption of EVs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Smt. Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. - 3172 ANSWERED ON 7 th  AUGUST, 2025

## ADOPTION OF EVs

3172. SMT. POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Electric  Vehicles  (EVs)  registered  in  the country during the last two years, State-wise including Gujarat;
- (b)  the  details  of  public  EV  charging  stations  installed  across  the country, State-wise including Gujarat; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  providing  any  incentives/subsidies  to citizens for the adoption of EVs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The list of total number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) registered in the country during the last two years, State-wise except the state of Telangana  is  enclosed  as  ANNEXURE  I.  The  data  of  the  State  of Telangana is not onboarded to the VAHAN database as on date.
- (b)  As  per  information  received  from  Bureau  of  Energy  Efficiency (BEE)  as  on  01.08.2025,  a  total  of  29,277  Public  EV  Charging

Stations have been installed in the country. State-wise break up of Public EV Charging Stations is enclosed at ANNEXURE II.

- (c) The Government in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has  taken  following  initiatives  to  promote  adoption  of  Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the country:
- (i)  Notification  issued  vide  S.O.  5333(E)  dated  the  18th  October, 2018 to grant exemption from the requirements of the permit to the battery operated transport vehicles.
- (ii)  Notification  issued  vide  G.S.R.  525(E)  dated  the  2nd  August, 2021  to  grant  exemption  of  Battery  Operated  Vehicles  from 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 grant All India Tourist Permit for battery-operated vehicles without payment of permit fee.

The following schemes have been implemented by the Government in the Ministry of Heavy Industries for providing incentives/subsidies to citizens for the adoption of EVs:

- (i)  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme Phase-II: The Government implemented this scheme for a period of five years from 1st April, 2019 to 31 st  March, 2024 with a total budgetary support of Rs.11,500 crore out of which an amount of Rs.7,048 crore was allocated towards demand incentive to buyers of e2Ws, e-3Ws and e-4Ws.
- (ii) PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement  (PM  E-  DRIVE)  Scheme:  This  scheme  with  an outlay of Rs.10,900 crore is being implemented and is available upto  31.03.2026.  An  allocation  of  Rs.  3,679  crore  has  been made under the scheme towards demand incentive for e-2W, e3W, e-Trucks and e-Ambulances.

## ANNEXURE I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3172  ANSWERED  ON  07.08.2025 ASKED  BY  SMT.  POONAMBEN  HEMATBHAI  MAADAM  REGARDING ADOPTION OF EVs

## Electric Vehicles (EVs) registered:

| State/UT                 |   2023 |   2024 |
|--------------------------|--------|--------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Island |     26 |     82 |
| Andhra Pradesh           |  32876 |  57488 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |     20 |     99 |
| Assam                    |  60788 |  68422 |
| Bihar                    |  88214 | 113145 |
| Chandigarh               |   6410 |   7074 |
| Chhattisgarh             |  38247 |  49476 |
| Delhi                    |  73714 |  85296 |
| Goa                      |   9481 |  11754 |
| Gujarat                  |  88613 |  80344 |
| Haryana                  |  30507 |  47851 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |   1134 |   2109 |
| Jammu and Kashmir        |   9747 |  13366 |
| Jharkhand                |  21125 |  26279 |
| Karnataka                | 152669 | 185381 |
| Kerala                   |  75815 |  86898 |
| Ladakh                   |     28 |     20 |
| Lakshadweep              |      6 |      5 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |  67991 | 101433 |
| Maharashtra              | 194298 | 250872 |
| Manipur                  |    399 |    445 |
| Meghalaya                |    115 |    832 |

| Mizoram                              |    167 |    574 |
|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|
| Nagaland                             |      6 |     45 |
| Odisha                               |  44542 |  65974 |
| Puducherry                           |   2638 |   4740 |
| Punjab                               |  25748 |  47152 |
| Rajasthan                            |  93786 | 111225 |
| Sikkim                               |      0 |     17 |
| Tamil Nadu                           |  90290 | 135493 |
| Tripura                              |   6311 |   9624 |
| UT of Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu |    160 |    492 |
| Uttar Pradesh                        | 278310 | 378400 |
| Uttarakhand                          |  16796 |  20222 |
| West Bengal                          |  21433 |  46565 |

## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3172  ANSWERED  ON  07.08.2025 ASKED  BY  SMT.  POONAMBEN  HEMATBHAI  MAADAM  REGARDING ADOPTION OF EVs

State-wise break up of Public EV Charging Stations (PCS) installed as on 01.08.2025:

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   No. of PCS |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar |            4 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |          793 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |           47 |
|        4 | Assam             |          344 |
|        5 | Bihar             |          521 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |           14 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      |          346 |
|        8 | Delhi             |         1967 |
|        9 | Goa               |          158 |
|       10 | Gujarat           |         1208 |
|       11 | Haryana           |          935 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh  |          137 |
|       13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |          185 |
|       14 | Jharkhand         |          353 |
|       15 | Karnataka         |         6097 |
|       16 | Kerala            |         1392 |

| 17          | Ladakh                                   | 1      |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|--------|
| 18          | Lakshadweep                              | 1      |
| 19          | Madhya Pradesh                           | 1147   |
| 20          | Maharashtra                              | 4155   |
| 21          | Manipur                                  | 58     |
| 22          | Meghalaya                                | 62     |
| 23          | Mizoram                                  | 13     |
| 24          | Nagaland                                 | 42     |
| 25          | Odisha                                   | 623    |
| 26          | Puducherry                               | 50     |
| 27          | Punjab                                   | 717    |
| 28          | Rajasthan                                | 1531   |
| 29          | Sikkim                                   | 12     |
| 30          | Tamil Nadu                               | 1781   |
| 31          | Telangana                                | 1066   |
| 32          | Tripura                                  | 56     |
| 33          | UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 9      |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh                            | 2326   |
| 35          | Uttarakhand                              | 223    |
| 36          | West Bengal                              | 903    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                              | 29,277 |

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