Govt invites proposals for development of EV charging infrastructure on highways

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Updated on: 14 Oct 2020, 13:29 PM

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Under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme, government intends to support the development of EV charging infrastructure by extending capital grant to org

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A Delta EV charging station stands at Connaught Place in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second budget in seven months disappointed investors who were hoping for big-bang stimulus to revive growth in Asia's third-largest economy. Photographer: Ruhani Kaur/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

The government has invited proposals for installation of charging stations from entities that intend to build and operate charging infrastructure on major highways and expressways in the country.

The Department of Heavy Industries has floated an Expression of Interest for inviting proposals from government organisations, PSUs (State/Central), state-owned DISCOM, Oil PSUs and similar other public and private entities to build and operate Public EV charging infrastructure.

Proposals have been invited from interested entities to build and operate EV charging infrastructure on the Mumbai - Pune, Ahmedabad-Vadodara, Delhi-Agra Yamuna, Bengaluru-Mysore,Bengaluru-Chennai, Surat - Mumbai,Agra - Lucknow, Eastern Peripheral and Hyderabad-ORR Expressways.

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Similarly, proposals have also been invited from entities for highways including Delhi - Srinagar, Delhi–Kolkata, Agra-Nagpur, Meerut to Gangotri Dham, Mumbai - Delhi, Mumbai-Panaji, Mumbai-Nagpur, Mumbai-Bengaluru and Kolkata to Bhubaneswar.

Under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme, Government of India (GoI) intends to support the development of EV charging infrastructure by extending capital grant to organisations for promoting the use of Electric Vehicles (EVs).

The Centre has approved Phase-II of FAME India Scheme [Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India, for 3 years commencing from 1st April 2019.