Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

Electric Vehicles

Posted On: 10 AUG 2023 3:12PM by PIB Delhi

The State-wise details of electric vehicles as on 03.08.2023 are provided in the Annexure.

The rate of increase of electric vehicles during last 4 years is provided below: -

Year

No of Electric vehicles registered

Percentage increase in registration, year on year

2018

130254

-

2019

166822

28.07%

2020

124654

-25.28%

2021

331466

165.91%

2022

1024808

209.17%

2023 (till 03-08-2023)

847439

-

Note: The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per Vahan. Data for Telangana, and Lakshadweep is not available.

Ministry of Heavy Industries has taken following initiatives to promote use of Electric vehicles (EVs) in the country: -

  1. Launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015 and presently, Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years w.e.f. 01st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crore. FAME II focuses on supporting electrification of public and shared transportation through subsidies to 7,090 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55,000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers.
  2. The Government on 12th May, 2021 approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) in the country in order to bring down prices of battery in the country. Drop in battery price will result in cost reduction of electric vehicles.
  3. Electric Vehicles are covered under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Automobile and Auto Components, which was approved on 15th September 2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,938 crore for a period of five years.

 

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has taken following initiatives to promote use of Electric vehicles (EVs) in the country: -

  1. Battery Operated Transport Vehicles have been granted exemption from the requirements of permit, vide S.O. 5333(E) dated 18th October, 2018.
  2. Battery Operated Vehicles have been granted exemption from the payment of fees for the purpose of issue or renewal of registration certificate and assignment of new registration mark vide GSR 525(E) dated 2nd August, 2021.
  3. All India Tourist Permit is issued for battery operated vehicles without payment of permit fee vide GSR 302(E) dated 18th April, 2023.

Sr. No.

State/UT

Total no of Electric Vehicles as on 03.08.2023

1

Andaman & Nicobar Island

190

2

Andhra Pradesh

67,905

3

Arunachal Pradesh

28

4

Assam

1,20,423

5

Bihar

1,61,060

6

Chandigarh

7,964

7

Chhattisgarh

54,848

8

Delhi

2,33,212

9

Goa

12,615

10

Gujarat

1,38,410

11

Haryana

69,271

12

Himachal Pradesh

2,410

13

Jammu and Kashmir

10,896

14

Jharkhand

36,759

15

Karnataka

2,48,747

16

Kerala

98,332

17

Ladakh

65

18

Madhya Pradesh

96,151

19

Maharashtra

3,05,006

20

Manipur

1,203

21

Meghalaya

139

22

Mizoram

118

23

Nagaland

62

24

Odisha

62,567

25

Puducherry

4,588

26

Punjab

35,727

27

Rajasthan

1,80,670

28

Sikkim

20

29

Tamil Nadu

1,73,152

30

Tripura

14,839

31

UT of DNH and DD

354

32

Uttar Pradesh

5,74,967

33

Uttarakhand

49,491

34

West Bengal

68,376

Grand Total

28,30,565

  1. Note: The details given are for digitized vehicle records as per Vahan.

2 - Data for Telangana and Lakshadweep is not available.

 

This information was given by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

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