Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply to a question on Thursday that the number of electric vehicles on the roads in India has crossed one million, with around 1,700 charging stations operating in public places across the country.
As of March 25 this year, as per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a total of 10,76,420 EVs and a total of 1,742 public charging stations (PCS) are operational, according to Vehicle 4 data.
Gadkari said that the Ministry of Power has issued “Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles – Revised Consolidated Guidelines and Standards” on January 14, 2022 to accelerate the e-mobility transition in the country.
“Action plans for 8 cities (Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat and Pune) with population of more than 4 million have been prepared by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE),” Gadkari told Lok Sabha.
Under these action plans, scenario-wise targets have been prepared for business as usual (BAU), medium and aggressive scenario for setting up of chargers in these cities.
Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has invited proposal from any Government Organization or Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) for construction and operation of public EV charging infrastructure on Expressways and National Highways under FAME India Scheme Phase-II for Highways and Expressways. were invited.
On the other hand, PSU Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in association with Convergence Energy Services Limited (a subsidiary of EESL) has been entrusted with the task of setting up EV charging stations along 16 NHs or Expressways.
The Ministry stated that to facilitate EESL in the above mentioned possibility, NHAI has signed an MoU with EESL.
As per this MoU, NHAI will provide space or land near toll plazas and its buildings for setting up of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, subject to agreed amount, to NHAI and EESL on the basis of revenue sharing model.
As part of the Wayside Facilities (WSA), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has also provided 39 such facilities for development.
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