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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 227
ANSWERED ON 04.08.2026
IMPLEMENTATION OF FAME AND PM E-DRIVE SCHEMES
*227. SMT. MALVIKA DEVI:
SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:
Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the current status of implementation of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing
of Electric Vehicles (FAME) Scheme, Phase I and II and PM E-Drive, State-wise including
Karnataka;
(b) the details of the number of electric vehicles supported, charging infrastructure installed, and
batteries deployed under the scheme, State-wise including Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bengaluru
and Jalgaon Lok Sabha Constituency;
(c) the details of the steps taken to promote indigenous manufacturing of EVs, batteries, and
related components under FAME-II and PM E-Drive by manufacturers including from
Karnataka;
(d) the details of the funds allocated, released and utilised under FAME, Phase-I and II and PM
E-Drive schemes, State-wise including Karnataka;
(e)whether the Government is aware that Karnataka has emerged as the State with the highest
number of public charging stations in the country and if so, the steps taken to further scale this
infrastructure in Bengaluru; and
(f) the details of the targets set for the next financial year and the long-term strategy for
transitioning to electric mobility in the country, State-wise including Karnataka and Jalgaon Lok
Sabha Constituency?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
(SHRI H.D. KUMARASWAMY)
(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.-2-
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 227 FOR 04.08.2026 ASKED BY SMT. MALVIKA DEVI AND SHRI PRATAP
CHANDRA SARANGI REGARDING “IMPLEMENTATION OF FAME AND PM E-DRIVE
SCHEMES”
(a), (b) & (d): The details of the funds allocated, released, and utilised under FAME-I, FAME-II, and
PM E-Drive schemes, as on 22.07.2026, are as under:
Table 1
(Rs. crore)
Scheme Period of Funds Funds Funds
implementation Allocated Released Utilised
FAME-I 01.04.2015 to 895 895 895
31.03.2019
FAME-II 01.04.2019 to 11,500 10,163 10,163@
31.03.2024
PM E-DRIVE 01.04.2024 to 10,900 2,322 2,322
Scheme 31.03.2028
@ including committed liability of Rs.366 crore of FAME-I
The above schemes are implemented on pan-India basis and no state-wise allocation of funds has
been done.
FAME I scheme: 2,81,412 EVs were supported in FAME-I including 15,526 nos. in Karnataka &
36,803 nos. in Maharashtra. The detailed status of the Phase I is given in Annexure I.
FAME II scheme: As on 30.06.2026, FAME-II supported sale of 16,71,606 EVs. Number of EVs
supported in Karnataka is 2,58,254 and in Maharashtra is 3,12,835.
5,297 e-buses have been deployed in FAME-II including 1,221 e-buses in Karnataka and 830 e-
buses in Maharashtra.
EV Public Charging Stations (EVPCS): As on 01.07.2026, 9,583 EV PCS have been installed under
FAME-II, on pan India basis, as under:
Table-2
Total under Installed in Installed in Installed in Installed in
Category
FAME-II Karnataka Bengaluru Maharashtra Jalgaon
EV PCS Installed 9,583 788 99 802 31
Detailed status of FAME-II is given at Annexure II.
PM E-DRIVE Scheme: As on 22.07.2026, the scheme supported sale of 26,54,172 EVs. The
current status of the Scheme is given in Annexure III. The details of EVs sold and supported under the
Scheme and in Karnataka and Maharashtra are given at Table-3 below:
Table-3: PM E-DRIVE
Segment Scheme Karnataka Bengaluru Maharashtra Jalgaon
Total
EVs supported 26,54,172 2,67,127 1,08,605 4,28,253 10,995
e-buses allocated 14,000 4,500 4,500 2,500 -
EV chargers Allocation not
No proposal
allocated 6,562 1,571 made city -
received
wise
As on date no chargers have been installed under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme.
Further, under FAME-I, FAME-II & PM E-DRIVE, only electric vehicles fitted with advanced
batteries are incentivised.-3-
(c): Under FAME-II and PM E-DRIVE, the phased manufacturing programme (PMP) has
been mandated to promote indigenous manufacturing of EVs and EV components including
battery pack, by manufacturers, including in the state of Karnataka.
(e): As per BHEL dashboard of EV public Charging stations data as on 31.03.2026, Karnataka
has second highest number of charging stations in the country i.e. 6,805.
Further, under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme, as on 22.07.2026, an amount of ₹153.10 crore
has been approved for deployment of 1,571 chargers in Karnataka.
(f): There are no state-wise or district-wise or financial year-wise targets set under PM E-
DRIVE. The total number of EVs targeted for support under all segments of PM E-DRIVE is at
Annexure-III.
Further, an amount Rs.2,000 crore has been allocated under PM E-DRIVE for setting up
of adequate numbers of EV PCS on pan India basis.
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1. Current status of implementation of FAME-I Scheme (till December 2018) is as under:
Table 1
S. No. Segment No. of EVs Supported
1 2Ws, 3Ws & 4Ws 2,80,987
2 e-bus 425
Total 2,81,412
2. The state-wise EVs supported under FAME-I Scheme are as under:
Table-2
S. No. State/ UT No. of Electric/ Hybrid Vehicles (approx.)
1 Maharashtra 36,803
2 Gujarat 31,577
3 Uttar Pradesh 29,025
4 Haryana 25,908
5 Delhi 20,228
6 Tamil Nadu 17,901
7 Rajasthan 17,405
8 Karnataka 15,526
9 West Bengal 14,855
10 Kerala 11,394
11 Andhra Pradesh 10,548
12 Telangana 9,320
13 Madhya Pradesh 7,019
14 Punjab 6,925
15 Chhattisgarh 4,823
16 Uttarakhand 4,534
17 Odisha 4,410
18 Bihar 3,700
19 Chandigarh 2,533
20 Assam 1,923
21 Jharkhand 1,892
22 Puducherry 835
23 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 820
24 Goa 515
25 Jammu & Kashmir 518
26 Himachal Pradesh 173
27 Tripura 86
28 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 82
29 Nagaland 67
30 Manipur 61
31 Meghalaya 6
Total 2,81,412ANNEXURE-II
1. Current status of implementation of FAME-II Scheme, as on 30.06.2026, is as under:
Table 1
S. No. Category Nos. Supported
1 e-2w 14,69,343
2 e-3W 1,78,952
3 e-4W 23,311
4 e-buses 5,297 (deployed)
5 EVPCS 9,583 (installed)
Total 16,76,903
2. Details of State-wise EVs supported under the FAME-II Scheme, as on 31.03.2026, are as under:
Table-2
EVs supported
S. No. State / UT
(Nos.)
1 Maharashtra 3,12,835
2 Karnataka 2,58,254
3 Tamil Nadu 1,32,997
4 Gujarat 1,27,551
5 Kerala 1,04,611
6 Delhi 94,623
7 Rajasthan 93,556
8 Uttar Pradesh 92,572
9 Telangana 78,721
10 Madhya Pradesh 61,286
11 Andhra Pradesh 60,962
12 Odisha 54,752
13 Chhattisgarh 38,641
14 Bihar 29,078
15 West Bengal 22,379
16 Haryana 17,637
17 Goa 15,168
18 Punjab 13,403
19 Jharkhand 12,821
20 Uttarakhand 12,396
21 Assam 12,155
22 Tripura 7,954
23 Jammu Kashmir 7,653
24 Puducherry 4,054
25 Chandigarh 2,666
26 Himachal Pradesh 1,167
27 Manipur 522
28 Meghalaya 513
29 Mizoram 328
30 DNH & DD 271EVs supported
S. No. State / UT
(Nos.)
31 A & N Islands 30
32 Arunachal Pradesh 16
33 Lakshadweep 16
34 Sikkim 10
35 Nagaland 8
Total 16,71,606
3. Status of State-wise e-buses deployed under FAME-II Scheme as on 30.06.2026 is as under:
Table-3
Sl. No. State / UT No. of e-Buses deployed
1 Andhra Pradesh 100
2 Bihar 25
3 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 25
4 Delhi 1,321
5 Telangana 0
6 Gujarat 650
7 Karnataka 1,221
8 Maharashtra 830
9 Odisha 50
10 Uttarakhand 30
11 Uttar Pradesh 600
12 West Bengal 40
13 Goa 125
14 Chandigarh 80
15 Jammu & Kashmir 200
Total 5,297
4. Status of state-wise number of EVPCS installed by 3 OMCs under FAME-II Scheme, as on
01.07.2026, is as under:
Table-4
S. No. State Installed EV PCS
1 Tamil Nadu 1019
2 Uttar Pradesh 938
3 Maharashtra 776
4 Karnataka 785
5 Haryana 561
6 Andhra Pradesh 548
7 Rajasthan 618
8 Gujarat 524
9 Madhya Pradesh 451
10 West Bengal 482
11 Punjab 439
12 Telangana 425
13 Kerala 352
14 Bihar 312
15 Odisha 236
16 Jharkhand 193
17 Chhattisgarh 165S. No. State Installed EV PCS
18 Assam 125
19 Jammu & Kashmir 76
20 Uttarakhand 63
21 Delhi 67
22 Himachal Pradesh 57
23 Meghalaya 29
24 Goa 24
25 Nagaland 23
26 Manipur 14
27 Ladakh 13
28 Puducherry 16
29 Mizoram 7
30 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 6
31 Tripura 5
32 Arunachal Pradesh 3
33 Andaman & Nicobar 0
34 Chandigarh 0
35 Sikkim 1
36 Lakshadweep 0
Total 9,353
Source: 3 Oil Marketing Companies viz. BPCL, IOCL and HPCL
Further, 230 EV PCS have been installed by other public sector entities including 3 nos. in
Karnataka and 26 in Maharashtra.ANNEXURE-III
1. Current status of implementation of PM E-DRIVE Scheme, as on 22.07.2026, is as under:
Table-1
Segment Target Nos. EVs supported
e-2W 24,79,120 23,79,264
e-rickshaw & e-cart 39,034 6,547
e-3W(L5) 2,88,809 2,68,306
e-trucks 5,643 55
e-ambulances 3,811 -
Demand Incentive 28,16,417 26,54,172
e-Buses 14,028 14,000
(allocated)
Total 28,30,445 26,54,172
2. The details of state-wise EVs supported under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme, as on 22.07.2026, is as
under :
Table-2
Sl. No. State /UT Total
1 Maharashtra 4,28,253
2 Uttar Pradesh 2,78,178
3 Karnataka 2,67,127
4 Tamil Nadu 2,58,704
5 Madhya Pradesh 1,73,273
6 Rajasthan 1,56,022
7 Kerala 1,52,532
8 Odisha 1,39,578
9 Andhra Pradesh 1,33,009
10 Gujarat 1,14,064
11 Telangana 81,577
12 Bihar 72,879
13 Chhattisgarh 62,599
14 West Bengal 58,944
15 Delhi 53,780
16 Punjab 49,640
17 Assam 42,035
18 Haryana 29,266
19 Jharkhand 24,631
20 Uttarakhand 19,373
21 Jammu & Kashmir 15,940
22 Goa 13,850
23 Tripura 13,408
24 Puducherry 7,376
25 Chandigarh 2,719
26 Himachal Pradesh 1,790
27 Manipur 1,145
28 Mizoram 1,119
29 Meghalaya 806Sl. No. State /UT Total
30 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 330
31 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 61
32 Arunachal Pradesh 52
33 Lakshadweep 22
34 Sikkim 22
35 Nagaland 13
36 Total 26,54,117
3. e-Trucks: As on 22.07.2026, 55 e-trucks have been sold under the scheme.
4. e-Buses: 14,000 e-buses have been allocated as follows:
Table-3
Sl. No. City Total
1 Bengaluru 4,500
2 Delhi 2,800
3 Hyderabad 2,200
4 Ahmedabad 1,200
5 Mumbai 1,500
6 Pune 1,000
7 Surat 600
8 Jammu & Kashmir 200
Total 14,000
5. EV public chargers: Proposals for 5,871 chargers across 9 states have been approved as per details
below:
Table-4: Status as on 22.07.2026
S. No. State No. of EV chargers
1 Karnataka 1,571
2 Delhi 1,146
3 Rajasthan 805
4 Uttar Pradesh 714
5 Andhra Pradesh 577
6 Tamil Nadu 498
7 Kerala 335
8 Telangana 169
9 Gujarat 56
Total 5,871
Further, 691 chargers of 3 oil marketing companies (OMCs) have been approved under the scheme.
6. Testing Agencies: An allocation of ₹780 crore is provided for the modernization of four testing
agencies—ARAI, ICAT, NATRAX, and GARC—to enhance national EV certification capabilities.
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