Lok Sabha Question No. 4383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Electric Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao, Shri Tejasvi Surya, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary, Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. - 4383 ANSWERED ON 19 th  MARCH, 2026

## ELECTRIC HIGHWAYS

4383. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO:

SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of the PM e-Drive scheme in achieving the target of  25  lakh  electric  two  wheelers  and  deployment  of  14000  electric buses by March, 2026;
- (b) the roadmap set for establishing Electric Highways (e-Highways) on the  Delhi-Jaipur  and  Mumbai-Pune  stretches  including  the  status  of overhead catenary system trials; and
- (c)  the  total  number  of  operational  Registered  Vehicle  Scrapping Facilities (RVSF) by early 2026 and the incentives offered to citizens to transition from fifteen year old polluting vehicles to newer models?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     As on 15.03.2026, a total of 20.48 lakh electric two-wheelers (e2Ws) have been sold under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme against a target of 24.79 lakh e-2Ws, which constitutes 83% of the target achieved so far.

Further, with regard to deployment of over 14,000 e-buses by March, 2026,  it is informed that total of 13,800 e-buses have been allocated under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme in two phases. Under the Phase-I of ebuses  deployment,  10,900  e-buses  have  been  allocated. The  tender process for these e-buses has already been concluded and the Letter of Conformity of Quantity (LoCQ) was issued to the successful bidders by Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), the nodal agency for deployment of e-buses under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme, on 30.12.2025. Further, under the Phase II of e-buses deployment, 2,900 e-buses have been allocated.

- (b)     No such proposal is under consideration.
- (c)      As  on  12.03.2026,  134  Registered  Vehicle  Scrapping  Facilities (RVSFs)  are  operational  in  the  country.  Out  of  these,  9  RVSFs  have been operationalised in 2026.

Following  incentives  are  provided  to  the  citizens  for  scrapping their vehicles at RVSFs:-

- a)  GSR  714  (E)  dated  04.10.2021  provides  that,  in  case  the vehicle is registered on submission of 'Certificate of Deposit', the fee for issue of certificate of registration shall not be levied.
- b) GSR 720 (E) dated 05.10.2021 provides for concession in the motor  vehicle  tax  (upto  twenty-five  per  cent.,  in  case  of  nontransport vehicles and upto fifteen per cent, in case of transport

vehicles) for the vehicle registered against submission of "Certificate  of  deposit". Provided  that  this  concession  shall  be available upto eight years, in case of transport vehicles, and upto fifteen years, in case of non-transport vehicles. c) GSR 200 (E) dated 26.03.2025 provides for concession in the motor vehicle tax of up to fifty percent against such certificate for all transport and non-transport vehicles which are manufactured  as  per  Mass  Emission  Standards  Bharat  Stage  I (BS-I)  norms  and  earlier  Mass  Emission  Standard  norms  and  all medium  and  heavy  goods  motor  vehicles  and  all  medium  and heavy passenger motor vehicles which are manufactured as per Mass Emission Standards Bharat Stage II (BS-II) norms.

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