ADEQUACY OF EV CHARGING STATIONS
ADEQUACY OF EV CHARGING STATIONS
As per information received from Ministry of Power (MoP), a total of 29,277 nos. of Public EV Charging Stations (EVCS) have been installed in the country. Year-wise details of charging station installed since 2022 is enclosed at Annexure А. Further, an allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore has been made under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme for installation of adequate EV charging stations, towards future requirement, on pan India basis.
As per information received from MoP, 2,326 nos. of Public EVCS have been installed in Uttar Pradesh, as on 01.08.2025. District-wise break up of Public EV Charging Stations installed in state of Uttar Pradesh is enclosed at Annexure B.
Ministry of Power has issued “Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024”, which outline standards and protocols to create connected and interoperable EV charging infrastructure network which includes Battery Swapping/Charging stations.
Setting up of EVCS is a unlicensed activity and any entity can setup EVCS across the country.
An allocation of Rs. 2,000 crore has been made under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme for installation of public EVCS on pan-India basis.
Annexure A
Year-wise details of Public EV Charging Stations (PCS) installed in the country as on 01.08.2025 as per information received from Ministry of Power (MoP)
S. No.
Year
Total no. of PCS
No. of newly reported PCS
1
As on December 2022
5,151
5,151
2
As on December 2023
11,903
6,752
3
As on December 2024
25,202
13,299
4
As on 01.08.2025
29,277
4,075
Annexure B
District-wise list of Public Charging Stations installed in Uttar Pradesh as on 01.08.2025 as per information received from MoP :-
S. No.
District
No. of PCS
1
Agra
88
2
Aligarh
37
3
Ambedkar Nagar
24
4
Amethi
17
5
Amroha
29
6
Auraiya
11
7
Ayodhya
27
8
Azamgarh
42
9
Baghpat
18
10
Bahraich
26
11
Ballia
33
12
Balrampur
14
13
Banda
19
14
Bara Banki
30
15
Bareilly
53
16
Basti
26
17
Bhadohi
17
18
Bijnor
45
19
Budaun
28
20
Bulandshahr
31
21
Chandauli
25
22
Chitrakoot
12
23
Deoria
36
24
Etah
19
25
Etawah
24
26
Farrukhabad
10
27
Fatehpur
21
28
Firozabad
20
29
Gautam Buddha Nagar
100
30
Ghaziabad
39
31
Ghazipur
19
32
Gonda
57
33
Gorakhpur
31
34
Hamirpur
18
35
Hapur
21
36
Hardoi
24
37
Hathras
15
38
Jalaun
34
39
Jaunpur
48
40
Jhansi
34
41
Kannuaj
14
42
Kanpur Dehat
37
43
Kanpur Nagar
45
44
Kasganj
10
45
Kaushambhi
18
46
Kheri
53
47
Kushinagar
20
48
Lalitpur
25
49
Lucknow
74
50
Mahoba
21
51
Mahrajganj
26
52
Mainpuri
24
53
Mathura
41
54
Mau
12
55
Meerut
31
56
Mirzapur
37
57
Moradabad
37
58
Muzaffarnagar
34
59
Pilibhit
25
60
Pratapgarh
47
61
Prayagraj
88
62
Rae Bareli
25
63
Rampur
35
64
Saharanpur
21
65
Sambhal
24
66
SantKabir Nagar
11
67
Shahjahanpur
46
68
Shamli
11
69
Shrawasti
10
70
Siddharthnagar
25
71
Sitapur
33
72
Sonbhadra
34
73
Sultanpur
30
74
Unnao
26
75
Varanasi
54
Total
2,326
This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.