Steps by the government to promote EVs

Dec 14:Under phase II of the FAME-India Scheme, Rs. 1000 Cr. is allocated for the development of charging infrastructure.  The Ministry has sanctioned 2,877 electric vehicle charging stations in 68 cities across 25 states/UTs.  Further, 1576 charging stations across 9 Expressways and 16 Highways under phase II of the FAME India Scheme have also been sanctioned.  The state-wise details of charging stations as sanctioned under phase II of the FAME India Scheme are attached at ANNEXURE-I.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries had sanctioned 520 Charging Stations for developing charging Infrastructure under Phase-I of the FAME India Scheme as per ANNEXURE-II.

ANNEXURE-I

Phase-II of FAME India Scheme:

• Ministry of Heavy Industries has sanctioned 2,877 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in 68 cities across 25 States/UTs.

State	No. of EV chargers sanctioned
Maharashtra	317
Andhra Pradesh	266
Tamil Nadu	281
Gujarat	278
Uttar Pradesh	207
Rajasthan	205
Karnataka	172
Madhya Pradesh	235
West Bengal	141
Telangana	138
Kerala	211
Delhi	72
Chandigarh	70
Haryana	50
Meghalaya	40
Bihar	37
Sikkim	29
Jammu & Kashmir	25
Chhattisgarh	25
Assam	20
Odisha	18
Uttarakhand	10
Puducherry	10
Andaman and Nicobar (Port Blair)	10
Himachal Pradesh	10
Total	2877

• MHI has sanctioned 1576 EV Charging Stations across 9 Expressways & 16 Highways. Details are as specified below:

Sl. No	Expressways	EV Charging Stations Sanctioned
1	Mumbai – Pune	10
2	Ahmadabad – Vadodara	10
3	Delhi Agra Yamuna	20
4	Bengaluru Mysore	14
5	Bangaluru-Chennai	30
6	Surat-Mumbai	30
7	Agra-Lucknow	40
8	Eastern Peripheral (A)	14
9	Hyderabad ORR	16
Sl. No	Highways	EV Charging Stations Sanctioned
1	Delhi – Srinagar	80
2	Delhi – Kolkata	160
3	Agra – Nagpur	80
4	Meerut to Gangotri Dham	44
5	Mumbai – Delhi	124
6	Mumbai-Panaji	60
7	Mumbai – Nagpur	70
8	Mumbai – Bengaluru	100
9	Kolkata – Bhubaneswar	44
10	Kolkata – Nagpur	120
11	Kolkata – Gangtok	76
12	Chennai-Bhubaneswar	120
13	Chennai – Trivandrum	74
14	Chennai-Ballary	62
15	Chennai – Nagpur	114
16	Mangaldai – Wakro	64
1576

ANNEXURE-II

Under Phase-I of the FAME India Scheme – the Ministry of Heavy Industries has sanctioned 520 EV Charging Stations out of which 479 charging stations have been installed as of 07.12.2022 as follows:

City	Charging Stations	Highway	Charging Stations
Chandigarh	48	Delhi -Chandigarh	24
Delhi	94	Mum-Pune	17
Rajasthan	49	Delhi- Jaipur- Agra	31
Karnataka	65	Jaipur-Delhi Highway	9
Jharkhand	30
Goa	30
Telangana	57
Uttar Pradesh	16
Himachal Pradesh	9
Total	398		81

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