Uttar Pradesh is preparing a new policy to lease out vacant government land for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, addressing the gap between EV adoption and available chargers.
The proposed policy will oblige all government departments, corporations, and civic bodies to provide “right-of-use” access to their unused land for installing EV charging stations. This mandate targets urban centers and highway corridors to strengthen charging infrastructure across the state.
Officials highlighted that land scarcity is a major hindrance to setting up EV chargers, even as registrations surge. To accelerate deployment, the policy will also allow private sector participation on government land through subsidized lease agreements and revenue-sharing models.
Under Ministry of Power guidelines, the state aims to ensure charging stations are available within every 1 km² urban block and every 20 km on highways, with fast chargers for heavy vehicles every 100 km. Private firms leasing land would pay just ₹1 per kWh of electricity consumed over a 10-year lease period.
To manage implementation, the state-owned Uttar Pradesh Renewable and EV Infrastructure Ltd. has been formed under UPPCL. Its mandate is to build and maintain EV charging infrastructure across cities, highways, and public facilities in alignment with national norms.
The number of EV registrations in Uttar Pradesh has topped 1.25 million and is projected to increase tenfold by 2030. The land provision policy is considered vital to ensure the charging network scales with this growth.
