Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi used an X post to assert that electric mobility, green technology and self-reliant manufacturing are reshaping India’s industrial landscape.
• India now operates 29,277 public EV charging stations, with Rs 2,000 crore allocated under the PM E-DRIVE scheme to expand fast-charging networks for cars, buses and two- and three-wheelers.
• Under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles programme, the government has supported 18,84,905 EVs by June 30 and funded 8,885 of 9,332 planned charging points through FAME II.
• Production-Linked Incentive schemes for automobiles and advanced chemistry cell batteries have attracted over Rs 29,576 crore in investments, boosting domestic manufacturing capacity.
• The Ministry of Heavy Industries has committed to deploying 10,900 electric buses across five major metros and is upgrading testing and certification facilities for two-wheelers through PM E-DRIVE.