Cabinet clears Rs 10,000 crore under FAME II scheme to promote electric vehicles

01 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that the Union Cabinet has cleared a Rs 10,000-crore programme under the FAME-II scheme for promoting electric and hybrid vehicles. The scheme will be implemented over a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2019. The objective of the scheme is to encourage faster adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by way of offering upfront incentive on purchase of electric vehicles and also by way of establishing necessary charging infrastructure for EV. It is the expanded version of the present scheme FAME India I (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles) which was launched on April 1, 2015, with a total outlay of Rs 895 crore.

The emphasis will be on electrification of public transport that includes shared transport, demand incentives on operational expenditure mode for electric buses will be delivered through state/city transport corporations (STUs).  In three-wheeler and four wheeler segments, incentives will be applicable mainly on vehicles used for public transport or registered commercial purposes. In the two-wheeler segment, the focus will be on private vehicles. The scheme is planned to support 10 lakh electric two-wheelers, 5 lakh three-wheelers, 55,000 four-wheelers and 7,000 buses. The scheme will help in addressing the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.

Besides, in order to encourage advance technologies, the benefits of the incentives will be extended to only those vehicles which are fitted with advanced battery like lithium-ion battery and other new technology batteries. The scheme also proposes support for setting up of charging infrastructure whereby about 2,700 charging stations will be set up in metros, other million-plus cities, smart cities and cities of hilly states across India.

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