India has achieved a significant milestone in its transition to clean mobility, with the installation of 29,277 public electric vehicle charging stations across the country, government data revealed.
The state of Karnataka leads the rollout with 6,097 charging stations, followed by Maharashtra with 4,155, Uttar Pradesh with 2,326, and Delhi with 1,967 stations in operation. This reflects the impact of strong state-level EV policies and public–private partnerships.
In support of this scale-up, the Ministry of Power released two key regulatory frameworks: the 2024 Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and the 2025 Guidelines for Battery Swapping and Charging Stations to standardize the national EV charging ecosystem.
A core initiative behind the infrastructure push is the PM E‑DRIVE scheme, launched in October 2024, which earmarked ₹2,000 crore to expand public EV charging infrastructure and allocated a further ₹10,900 crore in subsidies for EV purchases across the country.
Parallelly, under the FAME India schemes (Phase I and Phase II), the government supported nearly 1.9 million EVs by June 30, 2025, sanctioning 9,332 charging stations, of which 8,885 were already active.
Despite this progress, challenges persist: with only about one public charger per 235 EVs, infrastructure still lags behind rising demand, particularly in Tier‑2 cities and along highways. Authorities continue to strategize to bridge this gap and support India’s EV ambitions through further investments and policy coordination.
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