25 Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Installed in Bengaluru on Pilot Basis Under Fame-India Scheme: Shri Piyush Goyal
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.
