Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure And Fame Scheme In Maharashtra

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2332 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2026 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FAME SCHEME IN MAHARASHTRA

2332. SHRI MILIND MURLI DEORA:

Will the Minister of Heavy Industries be pleased to state:

(a) the details (2019-20 to 2023-24) of public EV charging stations sanctioned, installed and operational in Maharashtra under FAME India Phases I and II, district-wise, city-wise and year- wise;

(b) the Central funds sanctioned, released and utilised for EV charging infrastructure in the State, year-wise;

(c) number of electric buses sanctioned and delivered under FAME Phase II to MSRTC, PMPML, BEST and other Maharashtra agencies;

(d) whether any FAME-funded charging stations are non-functional, sub-standard or lack interoperability, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the measures taken to ensure balanced EV charging infrastructure expansion across Tier-II and Tier-III cities, including Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Solapur and Kolhapur beyond Mumbai- Pune? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)

(a) & (b): FAME-II scheme of the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) was implemented from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2024. Under FAME-II scheme, there was no state-wise, district-wise or city-wise allocation or sanction of EV charging stations. Under FAME-II scheme, MHI disbursed financial support of ₹898.37 crore for setting up of Electric Vehicle Public Charging Stations

(EVPCS) on a pan-India basis including Maharashtra.

The number of installed and operational (energized) EVPCS in Maharashtra, under the FAME-II scheme, as on 01.07.2026, is as under:

Table 1 State Installed EVPCS Operational EVPCS Maharashtra 802 737 As per inputs received from 3 OMCs, the details of EVPCS installed and operational by 3 OMCs, in Maharashtra under the FAME-II scheme are provided at Annexure.

(c): Under the FAME –II scheme, 830 electric buses were sanctioned & deployed in

Maharashtra as per details provided below:-2- Table 2 Sr. No. of e-Buses Sanctioned and Name of STU No. delivered in Maharashtra Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and 1 340 Transport (BEST) Pune Mahanagar Parivahan 2 150 Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) Maharashtra State Road Transport 3 150 Corporation (MSRTC) Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport 4 150

(NMMT) Nagpur Municipal Corporation 5 40

(NMC) Total 830

(d) & (e): There is no state-wise or district-wise sanction of EV PCS under the FAME-II scheme. Under the FAME-II scheme, 802 nos. of EVPCS have been installed in Maharashtra, out of which 737 are operational. Further, none of the EVPCS sanctioned under the FAME-II scheme are sub-standard or noncompliant with interoperability norms.

Further, Rs.2,000 crore has been allocated for deployment of EV charging infrastructure under PM E-DRIVE scheme on a pan India basis including Tier-II, Tier-III cities and Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Solapur and Kolhapur beyond Mumbai-Pune.

******Annexure Details of District wise EVPCS installed and operational in Maharashtra as on 01.07.2026 is as under:

S. No. District Name No. of EVPCS Installed Operational 1 Ahmednagar (Ahilyanagar) 30 30 2 Akola 15 13 3 Amravati 12 9 4 Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhaji 42 37 Nagar) 5 Beed 16 16 6 Bhandara 12 12 7 Buldhana 20 17 8 Chandrapur 11 10 9 Dhule 23 22 10 Gadchiroli 5 5 11 Gondia 11 9 12 Hingoli 7 6 13 Jalgaon 31 28 14 Jalna 10 9 15 Kolhapur 35 35 16 Latur 10 10 17 Mumbai City 6 6 18 Mumbai Suburban 13 8 19 Nagpur 61 60 20 Nanded 14 14 21 Nandurbar 12 12 22 Nashik 82 70 23 Osmanabad (Dharashiv) 11 11 24 Palghar 25 20 25 Parbhani 6 6 26 Pune 85 83 27 Raigad 25 19 28 Ratnagiri 12 12 29 Sangli 19 16 30 Satara 35 34 31 Sindhudurg 7 7 32 Solapur 19 19 33 Thane 32 27 34 Wardha 23 22 35 Washim 2 2 36 Yavatmal 23 21 Total 802 737