Ministry of Heavy industries sanctions 520 Charging Stations under the Phase-I of FAME India Scheme,


To bring the cost of electric vehicles at par with petrol vehicles, the government underthe Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme supports electric vehicles by way demand incentives. The demand incentive for electric two wheelers has been increased to Rs. 15,000/KWh from Rs. 10,000/KWh with an increase in cap from 20% to 40% of the cost of vehicle from 11th June, 2021.

Creation of charging infrastructure is being supported under FAME India Scheme to address range anxiety among users of electric vehicles. 520 charging stations have been sanctioned under the Phase-I of FAME India Scheme. Out of 520 charging stations, 452 EV charging stations has been installed.

 In Phase-II of FAME-India Scheme, Rs. 1000 Cr. is allocated for the development of charging infrastructure. This Ministry has sanctioned 2,877 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in 68 cities across 25 States/UTs. Further, 1576 charging stations have been sanctioned across 9 Expressways and 16 Highways under Phase II of FAME India Scheme.

The details of charging stations sanctioned and installed under FAME-India Scheme are given in the ANNEXURE.

ANNEXURE

Charging infrastructure sanctioned under FAME 1 (pilot projects):

 

Project

No. of Charging Stations

Public Fast Charging Infrastructure Network for Electric Vehicles at Bangalore

25

Solar Based Charging Infrastructure for EVs in NCR by REIL, Jaipur

3

Setting-up 200 Charging Stations by REIL, Jaipur Delhi-Jaipur Highway

200

Solar Grid Hybrid and Grid powered Charging Station along Delhi- Jaipur, Mumbai-Pune & few other cities

270

Solar Based Chargers (20 locations) along Delhi-Chandigarh Highway

22

Total

520

 

Details of Charging Stations State-wise installed/ set up (As on 08-11-2021):

 

Sl. No.

Name of State/ UT

Charging Stations

1.

Telangana

56

2.

Jharkhand

29

3.

Goa

26

4.

Karnataka

48

5.

Himachal Pradesh

9

6.

Uttar Pradesh

15

7.

Rajasthan

49

8.

Delhi

94

9.

Chandigarh UT

48

10.

Delhi-Jaipur- Agra Highway

29

11.

Mumbai-Pune Expressway

16

12.

Jaipur- Delhi Highway

9

13.

Delhi- Chandigarh Highway

24

Total

452

 

 

 

Electric Vehicle Charging stations sanctioned to States/ UTs under FAME-II:

 

Sl. No.

State/ UTs

No. of charging stations

1.

Maharashtra

317

2.

Andhra Pradesh

266

3.

Tamil Nadu

281

4.

Gujarat

278

5.

Uttar Pradesh

207

6.

Rajasthan

205

7.

Karnataka

172

8.

Madhya Pradesh

235

9.

West Bengal

141

10.

Telangana

138

11.

Kerala

211

12.

Delhi

72

13.

Chandigarh

70

14.

Haryana

50

15.

Meghalaya

40

16.

Bihar

37

17.

Sikkim

29

18.

Jammu & Kashmir

25

19.

Chhattisgarh

25

20.

Assam

20

21.

Odisha

18

22.

Uttarakhand

10

23.

Puducherry

10

24.

Andaman and Nicobar(Port Blair)

10

25.

Himachal Pradesh

10

Total

2877

 

EV chargers sanctioned to states/UTs under FAME-II:

Corridor/Expressway:

 

Sr. No.

Name of Corridor/Expressway

Charging Stations

1

Mumbai – Pune Expressway

10

2

Ahmadabad – Vadodara Expressway

10

3

Delhi Agra Yamuna Expressway

20

4

Bengaluru Mysore Expressway

14

5

Bengaluru Chennai Expressway

30

6

Surat – Mumbai Expressway

30

7

Agra – Lucknow Expressway

40

8

Eastern Peripheral expressway

14

9

Hyderabad ORR Expressway

16

Total

184

 

Highways:

Sr. No.

Name of Highways

Charging Stations

1

Delhi – Srinagar Highway

80

2

Delhi – Kolkata Highway

160

3

Agra – Nagpur Highway

80

4

Meerut to GangotriDham Highway

44

5

Mumbai – Delhi Highway

124

6

Mumbai-Panaji Highway

60

7

Mumbai – Nagpur Highway

70

8

Mumbai – Bengaluru Highway

100

9

Kolkata – Bhubaneswar Highway

44

10

Kolkata – Nagpur Highway

120

11

Kolkata – Gangtok Highway

76

12

Chennai-Bhubaneswar Highway

120

13

Chennai – Trivendram Highway

74

14

Chennai-Ballary Highway

62

15

Chennai – Nagpur Highway

114

16

Mangaldai (Assam) –Wakro (Arunachal Pradesh)

64

Total

1392

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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    Source PIB