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Production Of Electric Vehicles

Production Of Electric Vehicles

As per the inputs provided by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the total annual production of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India during the last five years, year-wise is as given below:                                                                                                                      

Total Annual Production of Electric Vehicles (EVs) [ in (‘000) ]

Category

FY

2019-20

FY

2020-21

FY

2021-22

FY

2022-23

FY

2023-24

Passenger Vehicles1

3.30

5.83

22.36

62.28

92.17

Commercial Vehicles2

0.53

0.41

2.22

3.11

8.66

Three-Wheelers2

143.83

91.97

185.38

404.88

632.78

Two-Wheeler2

26.84

44.83

252.78

728.21

948.42

 

State-wise data of production of Electric Vehicles in the country is not available.

Government has introduced following schemes /programmes /initiatives to increase the production of EVs in India:

(II)  Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing Advanced Chemistry Cells (ACC): Government on 12th May, 2021 approved PLI-ACC in order to promote manufacturing of ACC in the country with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 18,100 crore.  The scheme envisages to establish a cumulative ACC battery manufacturing capacity of 50 GWh.  The details of the scheme may be seen at https://heavyindustries.gov.in/pli-scheme-national-programme-advanced-chemistry-cell-acc-battery-storage .

(III) Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI): SPMEPCI was notified on 15.03.2024 to promote the manufacturing of electric passenger cars in India.  Under the scheme, approved applicants would be allowed to import Completely Built-in Units at a reduced customs duty of 15% for 5 years subject to setting up of electric passenger cars manufacturing facilities in India.  The details of the scheme are available at https://heavyindustries.gov.in/scheme-promote-manufacturing-electric-passenger-cars-india-0

Under the schemes, no specific focus is there for any particular state in the country.  As on 28.11.2024, there are 82 approved applicants under PLI-Auto scheme having multiple manufacturing facilities/ engineering research & design units across India.  The state-wise number of manufacturing facilities as reported by approved applicants under the scheme is given below:

 

Sr. No.

State

Number of Manufacturing Units

1

Andhra Pradesh

4

2

Assam

1

3

Delhi

1

4

Gujarat

12

5

Haryana

37

6

Jharkhand

4

7

Karnataka

28

8

Kerala

1

9

Madhya Pradesh

6

10

Maharashtra

77

11

Puducherry

1

12

Punjab

2

13

Rajasthan

8

14

Tamil Nadu

46

15

Telangana

4

16

Uttar Pradesh

13

17

Uttarakhand

12

Total

257

 

State-wise details of the total number of beneficiary firms approved under the PLI-ACC Scheme are as under:

S. No.

State

Application approved

1

Gujarat

2

2

Karnataka

1

3

Tamil Nadu

1

 

PLI-Auto Scheme was launched on 15.09.2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,938 crores for a period of 5 years.  As on 28.11.2024, no disbursement has been made to applicants claims received under this scheme.  SPMEPCI entails no financial outlay for applicants and only envisages benefit of reduced basic customs duty rate on the import of electric passenger cars, subject to compliance with the Scheme guidelines.  The PLI-ACC scheme is under gestation period till December, 2024.  Therefore, no disbursement has taken place so far. 

Government does regular campaigns to incentivise purchase of domestically produced EVs in the country including consultations/conclaves.  The details of major events organized by Ministry of Heavy Industries are as under:

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel, Shri H.D. kumaraswamy in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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