Lok Sabha Question No. 420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Implementation of FAME II in Tamil Nadu’s EV Ecosystem
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Thiru Dr. S Jagathratchakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 420

ANSWERED ON 04.02.2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF FAME II IN TAMIL NADU's EV ECOSYSTEM

## 420. SHRI S JAGATHRATCHAKAN:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging stations approved in the country under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME II) scheme, State-wise since launch year-wise;
- (b) the total amount of financial assistance sanctioned and disbursed under the FAME II scheme and the number of charging stations installed, State-wise, especially in urban and rural regions of Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether the Government is taking steps to expand charging facilities in rural and semi-urban areas of Tamil Nadu, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the specific actions proposed to be taken by the Government to assist local manufacturers in meeting the growing demand for EVs and to ensure that Tamil Nadu benefits fully from the scheme?

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

- (a): 75 electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers were registered under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme. The details of State-wise electric vehicle manufactures; year-wise; is as follows:

| State/ UTs    |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |   Total |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Bihar         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| Chhattisgarh  |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |       1 |
| Delhi         |      3 |      2 |      3 |      4 |      0 |      0 |      12 |
| Goa           |      0 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| Gujarat       |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| Haryana       |      3 |      3 |      4 |      3 |      0 |      0 |      13 |
| Karnataka     |      2 |      1 |      1 |      2 |      0 |      0 |       6 |
| Maharashtra   |      4 |      2 |      1 |      4 |      4 |      0 |      15 |
| Punjab        |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| Rajasthan     |      0 |      1 |      0 |      1 |      0 |      1 |       3 |
| Tamil Nadu    |      2 |      0 |      2 |      1 |      0 |      0 |       5 |
| Telangana     |      0 |      1 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      1 |       4 |
| Uttar Pradesh |      1 |      2 |      3 |      1 |      1 |      0 |       8 |
| Uttarakhand   |      0 |      2 |      1 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       3 |
| West Bengal   |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |       1 |
| Grand Total   |     15 |     16 |     18 |     17 |      6 |      3 |      75 |

Further, under FAME-II Scheme, MHI had sanctioned a subsidy support of Rs.800 crore  in  March  2023  to  three  Oil  marketing  companies  (OMCs)  namely  Indian  Oil Corporation  Ltd.  (IOCL),  Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation  Ltd.  (BPCL)  and  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) for setting up 7,432 public charging stations (PCS) at their Retail Outlets (ROs) across the country.  Further, MHI sanctioned an additional Rs.73.50  crore  for  upgradation  of  980  Public  Charging  stations  in  March,  2024.  In addition, 400 charging stations have also been sanctioned which were allotted through EOI to other entities in various states.

(b): Category-wise subsidy reimbursed to OEMs towards the incentive claimed by them during last five years (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2024) is as under:

| Sl. No.   | Segment                        | Incentive Amount Paid (Rs. in crore)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | e-2w (Electric Two-Wheelers)   | 4,375.59                               |
| 2         | e-3w (Electric Three-Wheelers) | 845.61                                 |
| 3         | e-4w (Electric Four-Wheelers)  | 399.12                                 |
| 4         | e-buses*                       | 1,322.00                               |
|           | Total                          | 6,942.32                               |

The summary of amount sanctioned and released till date for Charging Infrastructure under FAME-II Scheme is as below: -

| No. of EV PCS   |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs. crore) |   Amount Disbursed (Rs. crore) |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 10,985          |                           912.5 |                         633.43 |

Further, as per the information received from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, as of 01.01.2025, OMCs have installed 4523 number of EVCS at their Retails Outlets (ROs) under FAME Scheme out of which 251 EVCS have been energized.  In the State of Tamil Nadu, OMCs have installed 444 EVCS under FAME-II Scheme.  Out of which 6 have been energized.  In addition to this, OMCs have set up 20,035 EVCS at their Retail outlet from their own funds.  The details of EVCS installed / energized by PSU OMCs in States/UTs including Tamil Nadu is given at ANNEXURE .

(c): Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  'Guidelines  for  Installation  and  Operation  of  Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024', dated 17 th September, 2024 which is also applicable to the State of Tamil Nadu's.  These guidelines outline standards and protocols to create connected & interoperable EV charging infrastructure network which includes Battery Swapping/Charging stations. The salient features of the guidelines are as follows:

- I. Setting up of Charging Stations declared as a delicensed activity.
- II. DISCOMs to provide electricity connections up to 150 kW with expedited timelines and clear Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to charging stations.
- III. Public land offered to Government/Public entity on a revenue-sharing model at Rs. 1.0 / kWh for 10 years; and public land allocation to private entities via bidding with the same floor price (i.e. Rs. 1.0 / kWh).
- IV. Public tendering involving government land for setting up of charging station shall be technology agnostic.
- V. State Governments to ensure necessary permissions for round the clock operations.

- VI. Provision of a single-part tariff capped at Average Cost of Supply (ACoS) till 31 st March, 2028, with a 30% discount during solar hours and a 30% surcharge during non-solar hours.
- VII. Operators to provide data for mapping of charging stations on EV Yatra portal.

Further, Rs.2000 crore allocation under the PM E-DRIVE scheme specifically focuses on expanding the public charging infrastructure for EVs on pan India basis including Tamil Nadu.

(d): The FAME-II Scheme was implemented for a period of five years w.e.f. 01 st April, 2019 to 31 st March, 2024.  The scheme was implemented on pan India basis including the State of Tamil Nadu. Under this Scheme, Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) was introduced with the  objective  to  promote  domestic  manufacturing  of  electric  vehicles,  its  assemblies/  subassemblies and parts/sub-parts.

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Details of EVCS installed / energized by PSU OMCs in States/UTs including Tamil Nadu

| S.No.   | State/ UTs                                     | EV Charging Stations under FAME-II Subsidy Scheme   | EV Charging Stations under FAME-II Subsidy Scheme      | Total No. of EV charging stations installed by OMCs from their own   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | State/ UTs                                     | No. of EV Charger installed as on 01.01.2025        | No. of EV Charging Stations energized as on 01.01.2025 | as 01.01.2025                                                        |
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar                               | 0                                                   | 0                                                      | 6                                                                    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                                 | 354                                                 | 20                                                     | 912                                                                  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh                              | 2                                                   | 0                                                      | 52                                                                   |
| 4       | Assam                                          | 83                                                  | 2                                                      | 448                                                                  |
| 5       | Bihar                                          | 58                                                  | 2                                                      | 517                                                                  |
| 6       | Chandigarh                                     | 0                                                   | 0                                                      | 23                                                                   |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                                   | 30                                                  | 1                                                      | 498                                                                  |
| 8       | Delhi                                          | 41                                                  | 5                                                      | 316                                                                  |
| 9       | Goa                                            | 9                                                   | 0                                                      | 70                                                                   |
| 10      | Gujarat                                        | 312                                                 | 50                                                     | 1104                                                                 |
| 11      | Haryana                                        | 366                                                 | 3                                                      | 1068                                                                 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh                               | 21                                                  | 0                                                      | 136                                                                  |
| 13      | Jammu &Kashmir                                 | 23                                                  | 0                                                      | 170                                                                  |
| 14      | Jharkhand                                      | 116                                                 | 0                                                      | 349                                                                  |
| 15      | Karnataka                                      | 370                                                 | 3                                                      | 1516                                                                 |
| 16      | Kerala                                         | 208                                                 | 0                                                      | 679                                                                  |
| 17      | Ladakh                                         | 0                                                   | 0                                                      | 11                                                                   |
| 18      | Lakshadweep                                    | 0                                                   | 0                                                      | 1                                                                    |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh                                 | 154                                                 | 6                                                      | 1114                                                                 |
| 20      | Maharashtra                                    | 431                                                 | 121                                                    | 1595                                                                 |
| 21      | Manipur                                        | 8                                                   | 0                                                      | 57                                                                   |
| 22      | Meghalaya                                      | 25                                                  | 0                                                      | 54                                                                   |
| 23      | Mizoram                                        | 2                                                   | 0                                                      | 16                                                                   |
| 24      | Nagaland                                       | 10                                                  | 0                                                      | 41                                                                   |
| 25      | Odisha                                         | 114                                                 | 0                                                      | 661                                                                  |
| 26      | Puducherry                                     | 7                                                   | 1                                                      | 27                                                                   |
| 27      | Punjab                                         | 151                                                 | 2                                                      | 828                                                                  |
| 28      | Rajasthan                                      | 351                                                 | 7                                                      | 1482                                                                 |
| 29      | Sikkim                                         | 1                                                   | 0                                                      | 12                                                                   |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu                                     | 444                                                 | 6                                                      | 1448                                                                 |
| 31      | Telangana                                      | 238                                                 | 1                                                      | 1051                                                                 |
| 32      | Tripura                                        | 1                                                   | 0                                                      | 55                                                                   |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh                                  | 269                                                 | 10                                                     | 2561                                                                 |
| 34      | UT of Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 3                                                   | 0                                                      | 12                                                                   |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                                    | 41                                                  | 4                                                      | 212                                                                  |
| 36      | West Bengal TOTAL                              | 280 4523                                            | 7 251                                                  | 933 20,035                                                           |

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