The Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, while giving a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, informed the House that under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India [FAME-India] Scheme of the Government, 25 Charging Stations have been installed at 6 different locations in Bengaluru by M/s. Mahindra REVA Electric Vehicles Pvt. Ltd, as a pilot project. Based on the proposals received under FAME Scheme, charging infrastructure in selected cities/ locations would be sanctioned by the Department of Heavy Industries.
Shri Goyal also informed that the Project Implementation & Sanctioning Committee (PISC) under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries has sanctioned following proposal of charging infrastructures under FAME-India Scheme:
Sl. No. |
Proposal |
Implementing Organisation |
Date of Sanction (Date of PISC Meeting) |
1. |
Proposal for setting up of 50 charging stations in Delhi NCR. |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) |
20th August 2015 |
2. |
Proposal for setting up of 50 Charging Stations in Delhi NCR. |
Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL) |
20th August 2015 |
3. |
Proposal for setting up of 200 charging stations (both AC and DC fast) in the cities of Delhi, Jaipur and Chandigarh. |
Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited (REIL) |
15th June 2017 |
4. |
Proposal for providing 75 AC Smart Charger in Delhi NCR of Delhi. |
Consortium of Mahindra – Reva – Ola – Asia Electric |
15th June 2017 |
5. |
Proposal for 60 No. Charging Infrastructure in NCR of Delhi. |
Lithium Urban Technologies Pvt Ltd. |
15th June 2017 |
Supply of electricity in E-mobility business including setting up of vehicle charging infrastructure is also included in the long term corporate plan of NTPC, Shri Goyal added.
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