Government has taken several steps to help EV manufacturers, which had resulted in job creation and increased domestic production. The details are as below:

1. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile and Auto Component Industry in India (PLI-Auto): Government approved this scheme on 23.09.2021 for Automobile and Auto Component Industry for enhancing India's manufacturing capabilities for advanced automotive technology (AAT) products with a budgetary outlay of ₹25,938 crore.
2. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage: The Government on 12.05.2021 approved PLI Scheme for manufacturing of ACC in the country with a view to reduce the dependency on imported batteries and promote domestic manufacturing by encouraging the local production of advanced chemistry cells to support India’s clean energy and electric mobility transition. Under this Scheme, the total budgetary outlay of ₹18,100 crore for a capacity of 50 GWh for a period of 5 years after gestation period of 2 years.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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