Parliament Question: Electric Vehicle Station

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6236 ANSWERED ON 2ND APRIL, 2026 ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATION 6236. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE: Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री be pleased to state: (a) the number of electric vehicle stations constructed/under construction and proposed to be constructed across the country in the coming years, State-wise; (b) the number of electric vehicles sold in terms of two wheelers, four wheelers and buses during the last three years, State-wise and the detailed plans for safety in desolate places and poorly maintained stations with clear guardrails, road signage, markings, streetlights and other infrastructure particularly in and around port and restricted areas; (c) the details of private sector installations with internet disruptiveness and the blueprint for the smart highway revolution with electric vehicles in the near future; and (d) whether the Government has any proposal for considering a universal payment application across the country for electric vehicle charging stations and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI) (a) to (b) Government in the Ministry of Heavy Industries, have installed a total of 49,909 Electric Vehicle Public Charging Stations (EVPCS) in the country as on 30.03.2026. The setting up of an EVPCS is an unlicensed activity and private players can install EVPCS as per guidelines dated 17.09.2024 issued by theMinistry of Power. The State/UT wise details for installed EVPCS are at Annexure-I. Further, an allocation of Rs.2,000 crore has been made under the Pradhan Mantri Electric Drive Revolution Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme, for deployment of EVPCS on pan-India basis. As per the VAHAN Portal, the details of registered two-wheelers, Four-wheelers and buses during the last three years are provided at Annexure-II. Considering that the setting up of an EVPCS is an unlicensed activity, maintenance of the same is in the ambit of the Charge Point Operator. (c) The Government in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, through public/private participation, encourages adoption of digital infrastructure like electronic tolling through FASTag, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) based traffic management etc. The Government has taken up installation of Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) in Four lane and above NHs. ATMS has provisions for various electronic enforcement devices which help in speedy identification of incidents (including traffic violations) on the highway stretches and effectively monitor the highways, thereby improving incident response time and road safety. (d) Government has engaged M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) as the Project Implementation Agency inter-alia with the responsibilities pertaining to development of a national level mobile app to integrate EVPCS, featuring functionalities such as charger discovery, real-time status updates, slot booking, facilitating digital payments, etc.ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6236 FOR ANSWER ON 2ND APRIL, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATION State / UT wise EV public charging stations (EV PCS) installed in the country (Source: BHEL) S. No. Name of the State No. of EVPCS 1 Andaman & Nicobar 9 2 Andhra Pradesh 1,792 3 Arunachal Pradesh 76 4 Assam 625 5 Bihar 1,014 6 Chandigarh 56 7 Chhattisgarh 695 8 Delhi 1,985 9 Goa 300 10 Gujarat 2,699 11 Haryana 2,159 12 Himachal Pradesh 249 13 Jammu & Kashmir 291 14 Jharkhand 520 15 Karnataka 6,480 16 Kerala 3,251 17 Ladakh 24 18 Lakshadweep 1 19 Madhya Pradesh 1,794 20 Maharashtra 6,577 21 Manipur 72 22 Meghalaya 121 23 Mizoram 40 24 Nagaland 53 25 Odisha 1,014 26 Puducherry 77 27 Punjab 1,50528 Rajasthan 2,720 29 Sikkim 22 30 Tamil Nadu 3,705 31 Telangana 3,546 32 Tripura 72 33 UT OF D&NH AND D&D 30 34 Uttar Pradesh 4,214 35 Uttarakhand 401 36 West Bengal 1,720 Grand Total 49,909ANNEXURE II ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6236 FOR ANSWER ON 2ND APRIL, 2026 ASKED BY SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE STATION State / UT wise Electric vehicle registered in terms of two wheelers, four wheelers and buses during the last 3 years (a) Two Wheeler EVs State 2023 2024 2025 2026(Till 29 March) Andaman & Nicobar Island 12 46 86 9 Andhra Pradesh 28549 48760 49417 13154 Arunachal Pradesh 3 15 47 25 Assam 2453 4395 3671 708 Bihar 12408 22144 28083 5952 Chandigarh 2141 1778 1541 260 Chhattisgarh 25325 33173 31021 6799 Delhi 37570 31533 36965 7680 Goa 8406 10107 7662 1705 Gujarat 78511 65084 58960 13358 Haryana 7446 19165 13993 2155 Himachal Pradesh 890 1287 1065 201 Jammu and Kashmir 1834 3001 2495 545 Jharkhand 7412 10337 11819 2298 Karnataka 134952 155529 170863 40587 Kerala 61804 66876 80499 19659 Ladakh 18 18 0 0 Lakshadweep 3 3 18 18 Madhya Pradesh 36824 65915 98713 26169 Maharashtra 168065 210187 216195 46553 Manipur 89 76 334 118 Meghalaya 74 209 224 26 Mizoram 167 558 816 228 Nagaland 3 7 14 5 Odisha 38351 56303 67544 18555 Puducherry 2450 4047 3875 1308 Punjab 8758 19858 27264 5322 Rajasthan 59489 76814 79710 15628 Sikkim 0 1 3 6 Tamil Nadu 78425 114765 136464 40395Telangana 29962 42946 39355 5708 Tripura 256 415 521 78 UT of DNH and DD 100 261 173 45 Uttar Pradesh 40633 95632 116394 24178 Uttarakhand 5688 8249 8637 1525 West Bengal 11413 22911 26375 5151 (b) Four Wheeler EVs State 2023 2024 2025 2026(Till 29 March) Andaman & Nicobar Island 14 33 112 30 Andhra Pradesh 1655 5076 6934 1738 Arunachal Pradesh 17 79 169 49 Assam 269 692 938 199 Bihar 605 1225 1790 440 Chandigarh 1036 2276 3283 914 Chhattisgarh 1539 2517 3968 1071 Delhi 8331 11544 22625 6359 Goa 965 1500 2105 407 Gujarat 6592 10859 19747 5126 Haryana 2675 8635 13805 2639 Himachal Pradesh 163 636 1277 329 Jammu and Kashmir 166 430 757 184 Jharkhand 468 892 1461 289 Karnataka 11971 20485 32404 7959 Kerala 9818 14683 28452 6220 Ladakh 0 2 8 2 Madhya Pradesh 1737 3527 6684 1944 Maharashtra 13728 23944 46326 10382 Manipur 30 100 167 41 Meghalaya 20 73 206 38 Mizoram 0 16 29 11 Nagaland 3 35 78 19 Odisha 1330 3166 6023 1385 Puducherry 91 366 626 126 Punjab 791 4150 8367 2218 Rajasthan 4540 8016 14310 3668 Sikkim 0 16 21 6Tamil Nadu 5985 11813 23130 5754 Telangana 5933 4988 15543 2736 Tripura 30 48 62 15 UT of DNH and DD 42 215 410 103 Uttar Pradesh 4936 16007 30958 5547 Uttarakhand 496 986 1819 586 (c) West Bengal 2592 4334 7771 1872 EV Buses State 2023 2024 2025 2026(Till 29 March) Andaman & Nicobar 0 0 2 0 Island 100 50 103 24 Andhra Pradesh 0 0 10 0 Arunachal Pradesh 158 70 88 40 Assam 0 3 3 1 Bihar 0 0 15 27 Chandigarh 0 84 165 35 Chhattisgarh 1121 1036 1382 513 Delhi 45 55 32 0 Goa 106 331 124 137 Gujarat 0 25 69 1 Haryana 35 0 1 0 Himachal Pradesh 150 50 0 0 Jammu and Kashmir 2 19 24 7 Jharkhand 275 1054 553 40 Karnataka 70 71 8 4 Kerala 9 0 0 0 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 Lakshadweep 15 137 116 51 Madhya Pradesh455 919 1446 119 Maharashtra 0 0 0 0 Manipur 0 0 0 0 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 Nagaland 21 159 287 69 Odisha 0 0 25 9 Puducherry 0 13 1 0 Punjab 6 16 15 4 Rajasthan 0 1 0 0 Sikkim 43 53 430 210 Tamil Nadu 62 165 211 33 Telangana 0 0 0 0 Tripura 0 0 0 0 UT of DNH and DD 50 40 102 12 Uttar Pradesh 0 14 11 1 Uttarakhand 15 108 150 28 West Bengal *****