Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways, etc – GS3I

National Electric Mobility Mission Plan

04, Jul 2019

The National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 is a National Mission document providing the vision and the roadmap for the faster adoption of electric vehicles and their manufacturing in the country.

The plan has been designed to enhance national fuel security
To provide affordable and environmentally friendly transportation
To enable the Indian automotive industry to achieve global manufacturing leadership.
As part of the NEMMP 2020, Department of Heavy Industry formulated a Scheme viz. Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in the year 2015 to promote manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology and to ensure sustainable growth of the same.
FAME-India Scheme Phase – II for promotion of Electric Mobility in the country.
The scheme proposes to give a push to electric vehicles (EVs) in public transport.
It seeks to encourage adoption of EVs by way of market creation and demand aggregation.

Target of deploying 5 to 7 million electric vehicles in the country by 2020
Emphasizes importance of government incentives and coordination between industry and academia
Target of 400,000 passenger battery electric cars (BEVs) by 2020 ~ avoiding 120 million barrels of oil and 4 million tons of CO2
Lowering of vehicular emissions by 1.3 percent by 2020
Total investment required – INR 20,000 – 23,000 cr (approx 3 billion USD)

FAME India is a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan. Main thrust of FAME is to encourage electric vehicles by providing subsidies.
Vehicles in most segments – two wheelers, three wheelers, electric and hybrid cars and electric buses obtained the subsidy benefit of the scheme.
FAME focuses on 4 areas i.e. Technology development, Demand Creation, Pilot Projects and Charging Infrastructure.

29, Jun 2019

The outlay of ₹10,000 crore has been made for three years till 2022 for FAME 2 scheme.
The centre has sanctioned ₹8,596 crore for incentives, of which ₹1,000 crore has been earmarked for setting up charging stations for electric vehicles in India.
The government will offer the incentives for electric buses, three-wheelers and four-wheelers to be used for commercial purposes.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles and those with a sizeable lithium-ion battery and electric motor will also be included in the scheme and fiscal support offered depending on the size of the battery.

The centre will invest in setting up charging stations, with the active participation of public sector units and private players.
It has also been proposed to provide one slow-charging unit for every electric bus and one fast-charging station for 10 electric buses.

To encourage state transport units (STUs) to buy more electric buses, ₹20,000 per kW will be offered as incentive.
FAME 2 will offer incentives to manufacturers, who invest in developing electric vehicles and its components, including lithium-ion batteries and electric motors.
The centre has asked states to frame their EV policy and provide additional fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to manufacturers and buyers.

India has been at the forefront of aligning its policies with its commitment to the Paris accord on climate change, signed in 2016.
The accord aims to pursue efforts to limit the global temperature rise to 5ºC above pre-industrial levels.

To reduce the import of crude oil
NITI Aayog, the government think tank is tasked with devising a mass electric energy-based transport system in India,

A battery, depending on its capacity, will keep a vehicle running at a certain speed for a certain duration.
Lack of charging infrastructure
High cost difference between ICE-based vehicles
firms have invested in making lithium-ion cells for batteries—most of the EV makers assemble the battery packs
India also lacks the important minerals, lithium and cobalt, that go into making lithium batteries, which are imported from China.

23, Jun 2019

The government will build 35,000 km of highways, besides expressways, by 2022.
Under the ‘Bharatmala Project’, construction or upgradation of about 35,000 kilometres of National Highways is to be undertaken by 2022.
In addition, under the ‘Sagarmala Project’, a network of good-quality roads is being constructed in coastal areas and areas adjoining ports.