LAUNCH OF PUBLIC CHARIGING INFRASTRUCTURE

Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 4:13PM by PIB Delhi As on 01.03.2026, 6,645 electric vehicle public charging stations (EV PCS) are operational against 9,332 sanctioned under the FAME-II scheme on pan India basis including State of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh as per details provided below : Sl. No. State No. of approved chargers No. of Operational Chargers 1. Maharashtra 670 615 2. Uttar Pradesh 937 456 The charging stations have been installed across states based on feasibility, demand, and expected utilization. As per information received from Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the State-wise data of charging stations installed is provided at Annexure . Ministry of Power has issued "Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024", in September 2024, which outline standards and protocols to create connected and interoperable EV charging infrastructure network. Further, Bureau of Indian Standard has published Indian Standards related to EV Charging Infrastructure. These standards specify the safety and quality parameters for connectors, communication protocols, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), Battery Swapping Systems, etc. MoRTH has amended the AIS standards to prescribe the technical requirements pertaining to vehicle inlet connectors and to ensure interoperability for conductive charging systems in all M (Passenger) and N (Goods) categories except N1 [goods vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes Gross vehicle Weight (GVW)]. Annexure Details of state-wise chargers stations installed under FAME-II as per information received from Oil Marketing companies is as under : - S. No. State No. of chargers installed as on 01.03.2026 1 Andaman & Nicobar 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 544 3 Arunachal Pradesh 3 4 Assam 108 5 Bihar 298 6 Chandigarh 0 7 Chhattisgarh 167 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 4 9 Delhi 60 10 Goa 23 11 Gujarat 530 12 Haryana 539 13 Himachal Pradesh 54 14 Jammu And Kashmir 78 15 Jharkhand 169 16 Karnataka 751 17 Kerala 336 18 Ladakh 13 19 Madhya Pradesh 446 20 Maharashtra 670 21 Manipur 14 22 Meghalaya 25 23 Mizoram 4 24 Nagaland 18 25 Odisha 194 26 Puducherry 10 27 Punjab 436 28 Rajasthan 543 29 Sikkim 0 30 Tamil Nadu 957 31 Telangana 488 32 Tripura 4 33 Uttar Pradesh 937 34 Uttarakhand 61 35 West Bengal 448 36 Lakshadweep 0 Total 8932 No. of Chargers installed by other Public Sector Entities is as under : - S. No OMCs/Entities No. of EVPCS installed as on 01.03.2026 1 CESL 97 2 REIL 49 3 KSEB 30 4 SMC 50 5 POWERGRID 1 Total for Entities (B) 227 This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. ***** TPJ (Release ID: 2246045) Visitor Counter : 794 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी , Telugu Ministry of Heavy Industries LAUNCH OF PUBLIC CHARIGING INFRASTRUCTURE Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 4:13PM by PIB Delhi As on 01.03.2026, 6,645 electric vehicle public charging stations (EV PCS) are operational against 9,332 sanctioned under the FAME-II scheme on pan India basis including State of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh as per details provided below : Sl. No. State No. of approved chargers No. of Operational Chargers 1. Maharashtra 670 615 2. Uttar Pradesh 937 456 The charging stations have been installed across states based on feasibility, demand, and expected utilization. As per information received from Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the State-wise data of charging stations installed is provided at Annexure . Ministry of Power has issued "Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024", in September 2024, which outline standards and protocols to create connected and interoperable EV charging infrastructure network. Further, Bureau of Indian Standard has published Indian Standards related to EV Charging Infrastructure. These standards specify the safety and quality parameters for connectors, communication protocols, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), Battery Swapping Systems, etc. MoRTH has amended the AIS standards to prescribe the technical requirements pertaining to vehicle inlet connectors and to ensure interoperability for conductive charging systems in all M (Passenger) and N (Goods) categories except N1 [goods vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes Gross vehicle Weight (GVW)]. Annexure Details of state-wise chargers stations installed under FAME-II as per information received from Oil Marketing companies is as under : - S. No. State No. of chargers installed as on 01.03.2026 1 Andaman & Nicobar 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 544 3 Arunachal Pradesh 3 4 Assam 108 5 Bihar 298 6 Chandigarh 0 7 Chhattisgarh 167 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 4 9 Delhi 60 10 Goa 23 11 Gujarat 530 12 Haryana 539 13 Himachal Pradesh 54 14 Jammu And Kashmir 78 15 Jharkhand 169 16 Karnataka 751 17 Kerala 336 18 Ladakh 13 19 Madhya Pradesh 446 20 Maharashtra 670 21 Manipur 14 22 Meghalaya 25