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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