Aug 02: The Ministry of Heavy Industries formulated the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) Scheme for a period of five years commencing from 1st April 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crore. This phase mainly focuses on supporting the electrification of public & shared transportation and aims to support through demand incentive 7090 buses, 5 lahks e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lahks e-2 Wheelers. In addition, the creation of charging infrastructure is also supported under the Scheme.
Under phase-II of the FAME India Scheme, 8,47,578 no. of electric vehicles amounting to Rs. 4157.00 Cr. (approx..) have been sold by the electric vehicle manufacturers to consumers as of 28.07.2023 (as per http://fame2.heavyindustries.gov.in/dashboard.aspx ). The details of sold electric vehicles category-wise are as under:
| Sl. No. | Wheeler Type | Total No. of Vehicle |
| 1. | 2 wheeler | 7,53,140 |
| 2. | 3 wheeler | 85,168 |
| 3. | 4 wheeler | 9,270 |
| Total | 8,47,578 |
Further, MHI sanctioned 6315 electric buses to 65 cities/STUs/State Govt. entities for intracity operations.
As per the e-vahan portal (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways), the detailed list of electric vehicles on roads, State/UT-wise is at ANNEXURE.
Under FAME-India Scheme phase II, no incentive is given to EV manufacturers. The incentive/ concession is provided to consumers (buyers/end users) in the form of an upfront reduced purchase price of hybrid and electric vehicles to enable wider adoption, which will be reimbursed to the OEM (EV manufacturers) by the Government of India.
The Details of on-road electric vehicles as of 14.07.2023 per Vahan4
| Sl. No | State name | To date State wise – the total vehicles registered as electric |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 186 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 66,500 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 25 |
| 4 | Assam | 1,16,605 |
| 5 | Bihar | 1,55,457 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 7,628 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 52,813 |
| 8 | Delhi | 2,29,305 |
| 9 | Goa | 12,139 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 1,34,273 |
| 11 | Haryana | 67,812 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 2,362 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 10,225 |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 35,331 |
| 15 | Karnataka | 2,39,948 |
| 16 | Kerala | 94,346 |
| 17 | Ladakh | 65 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 92,388 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 2,96,885 |
| 20 | Manipur | 1,198 |
| 21 | Meghalaya | 129 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 114 |
| 23 | Nagaland | 60 |
| 24 | Odisha | 60,097 |
| 25 | Puducherry | 4,421 |
| 26 | Punjab | 34,162 |
| 27 | Rajasthan | 1,75,595 |
| 28 | Sikkim | 20 |
| 29 | Tamil Nadu | 1,67,216 |
| 30 | Tripura | 14,379 |
| 31 | UT of DNH and DD | 345 |
| 32 | Uttarakhand | 48,250 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 5,56,629 |
| 34 | West Bengal | 67,111 |
| Grand Total | 27,44,019 |
