The Ministry of Heavy Industries has sanctioned 2877 charging stations in 68 cities across 25 states/UTs under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme. Further, MHI has sanctioned 1576 EV Charging Stations across 16 Highways & 9 Expressways under this phase.
Further, as per the Ministry of Power guidelines, there shall be at least one charging station at every 25 km on both sides of the Highway and also at least one Charging Station for long Range/Heavy Duty EVs at every 100 km on both sides of the Highway. For the city, at least one charging station will be set up in a grid of 3km x 3km.
The Ministry of Heavy Industries had sanctioned about 520 Charging Stations/ Infrastructure for about Rs. 43 Crore under Phase-I of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme.
Further, a budget provision of Rs. 1000 Crore has been earmarked for a period of 5 years [2019-20 to 2023-24] for the establishment of charging infrastructure under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme.
Solar Based Charging Infrastructure for EVs in NCR by REIL, Jaipur installed 3 charging stations. Solar Grid Hybrid and Grid powered Charging Station along Delhi-Jaipur-Agra Highway installed 25 charging stations and Solar Based Chargers (20 locations) along Delhi-Chandigarh Highway installed 22 charging stations.
The phase I and phase II numbers are impressive. These proclamations are welcome but Action Taken Report or status of various locations need to be updated.
Details like location order placed date , vendor , date of expected completion should be displayed prominently for public information
This will I still confidence and will kick up the EV sales