The Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha informed that in order to promote the adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles in the country, the Government launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme since 2015. Presently, Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years w.e.f. 01st April 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crores.
Further, the following steps have been taken by the Government for the adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles in the country:
- The government on 12th May 2021 approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the manufacturing of Advanced Chemistry Cells (ACC) in the country in order to bring down the prices of battery in the country.
- Electric Vehicles are covered under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Automobile and Auto Components, which was approved on 15th September 2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,938 crores for a period of five years.
- GST on electric vehicles has been reduced from 12% to 5%; GST on chargers/ charging stations for electric vehicles has been reduced from 18% to 5%.
- Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) announced that battery-operated vehicles will be given green license plates and be exempted from permit requirements.
- MoRTH issued a notification advising states to waive road tax on EVs, which in turn will help reduce the initial cost of EVs.
As per the e-vahan portal (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways), the details of personal vehicles which are hybrid or electric and are currently used in the country, State-wise including the State of Gujarat is below.
| Sl. No. | State Name | Fuel Type | Grand Total | ||
| ELECTRIC(BOV) | DIESEL/HYBRID | PETROL/HYBRID | |||
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 87 | 0 | 56 | 143 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 40,370 | 8 | 4,017 | 44,395 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 22 | 70 | 505 | 597 |
| 4 | Assam | 2,908 | 1,375 | 10,410 | 14,693 |
| 5 | Bihar | 15,713 | 1,719 | 10,550 | 27,982 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 1,772 | 563 | 3,794 | 6,129 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 25,064 | 781 | 15,231 | 41,076 |
| 8 | Delhi | 57,013 | 16,697 | 38,552 | 1,12,262 |
| 9 | Goa | 7,645 | 629 | 3,884 | 12,158 |
| 10 | Gujarat | 86,116 | 20,355 | 41,109 | 1,47,580 |
| 11 | Haryana | 20,181 | 7,534 | 25,511 | 53,226 |
| 12 | Himachal Pradesh | 1,452 | 888 | 3,548 | 5,888 |
| 13 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3,637 | 1,202 | 3,198 | 8,037 |
| 14 | Jharkhand | 10,311 | 3,626 | 11,823 | 25,760 |
| 15 | Karnataka | 1,48,494 | 4,626 | 50,472 | 2,03,592 |
| 16 | Kerala | 53,008 | 9,161 | 34,694 | 96,863 |
| 17 | Ladakh | 37 | 11 | 119 | 167 |
| 18 | Madhya Pradesh | 36,162 | 6 | 5,938 | 42,106 |
| 19 | Maharashtra | 1,93,498 | 33,568 | 69,120 | 2,96,186 |
| 20 | Manipur | 220 | 156 | 754 | 1,130 |
| 21 | Meghalaya | 68 | 135 | 566 | 769 |
| 22 | Mizoram | 56 | 26 | 231 | 313 |
| 23 | Nagaland | 56 | 63 | 518 | 637 |
| 24 | Odisha | 37,663 | 1,958 | 15,247 | 54,868 |
| 25 | Puducherry | 3,028 | 563 | 1,969 | 5,560 |
| 26 | Punjab | 14,186 | 3,901 | 13,770 | 31,857 |
| 27 | Rajasthan | 81,977 | 8,636 | 20,296 | 1,10,909 |
| 28 | Sikkim | 10 | 87 | 101 | 198 |
| 29 | Tamil Nadu | 1,11,604 | 7,579 | 49,823 | 1,69,006 |
| 30 | Tripura | 277 | 47 | 460 | 784 |
| 31 | UT of DNH and DD | 195 | 328 | 894 | 1,417 |
| 32 | Uttar Pradesh | 42,906 | 14,516 | 47,614 | 1,05,036 |
| 33 | Uttarakhand | 9,056 | 2,564 | 4,799 | 16,419 |
| 34 | West Bengal | 12,625 | 4,830 | 17,917 | 35,372 |
| Grand Total | 10,17,417 | 1,48,208 | 5,07,490 | 16,73,115 |