Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has released data of Electric Vehicle charging stations on national highways. According to the information given by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, around 5293 EV charging stations have been established along National Highways. This includes 4729 EV Charging Stations set up under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at an expenditure of INR 178 Crore.
State/UTs | EV Charging Stations
on National Highways |
Andaman & Nicobar | 1 |
Andhra Pradesh | 249 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 30 |
Assam | 147 |
Bihar | 96 |
Chhattisgarh | 116 |
Delhi | 10 |
Goa | 33 |
Gujarat | 259 |
Haryana | 284 |
Himachal Pradesh | 68 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 60 |
Jharkhand | 87 |
Karnataka | 300 |
Kerala | 138 |
Ladakh | 2 |
Maharashtra | 750 |
Manipur | 27 |
Meghalaya | 35 |
Mizoram | 8 |
Madhya Pradesh | 231 |
Nagaland | 13 |
Odisha | 189 |
Pondicherry | 2 |
Punjab | 195 |
Rajasthan | 482 |
Sikkim | 3 |
Tamil Nadu | 369 |
Telangana | 221 |
Tripura | 24 |
Uttar Pradesh | 577 |
Uttarakhand | 79 |
West Bengal | 208 |
Grand Total | 5293 |
(Source: PIB) | |
Additionally, Ministry of Heavy Industries has set up a target of 5833 EV charging stations along Highways out of total 7432 EV charging stations through three Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG). A capital subsidy of INR 800 Crore has been provided to these Oil Companies towards establishment of the charging stations.