India, March 27 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sl. No.
State
No. of approved chargers
No. of Operational Chargers
1.
Maharashtra
670
615
2.
Uttar Pradesh
937
456
S. No.
State
No. of chargers installed as on 01.03.2026
1
Andaman & Nicobar
0
2
Andhra Pradesh
544
3
Arunachal Pradesh
3
4
Assam
108
5
Bihar
298
6
Chandigarh
0
7
Chhattisgarh
167
8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu
4
9
Delhi
60
10
Goa
23
11
Gujarat
530
12
Haryana
539
13
Himachal Pradesh
54
14
Jammu And Kashmir
78
15
Jharkhand
169
16
Karnataka
751
17
Kerala
336
18
Ladakh
13
19
Madhya Pradesh
446
20
Maharashtra
670
21
Manipur
14
22
Meghalaya
25
23
Mizoram
4
24
Nagaland
18
25
Odisha
194
26
Puducherry
10
27
Punjab
436
28
Rajasthan
543
29
Sikkim
0
30
Tamil Nadu
957
31
Telangana
488
32
Tripura
4
33
Uttar Pradesh
937
34
Uttarakhand
61
35
West Bengal
448
36
Lakshadweep
0
Total
8932
S. No
OMCs/Entities
No. of EVPCS installed as on 01.03.2026
1
CESL
97
2
REIL
49
3
KSEB
30
4
SMC
50
5
POWERGRID
1
Total for Entities (B)
227
As on 01.03.2026, 6,645 electric vehicle public charging stations (EV PCS) are operational against 9,332 sanctioned under the FAME-II scheme on pan India basis including State of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh as per details provided below :
The charging stations have been installed across states based on feasibility, demand, and expected utilization. As per information received from Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the State-wise data of charging stations installed is provided at Annexure.
Ministry of Power has issued "Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure-2024", in September 2024, which outline standards and protocols to create connected and interoperable EV charging infrastructure network. Further, Bureau of Indian Standard has published Indian Standards related to EV Charging Infrastructure. These standards specify the safety and quality parameters for connectors, communication protocols, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), Battery Swapping Systems, etc. MoRTH has amended the AIS standards to prescribe the technical requirements pertaining to vehicle inlet connectors and to ensure interoperability for conductive charging systems in all M (Passenger) and N (Goods) categories except N1 [goods vehicle not exceeding 3.5 tonnes Gross vehicle Weight (GVW)].
Annexure
Details of state-wise chargers stations installed under FAME-II as per information received from Oil Marketing companies is as under : -
No. of Chargers installed by other Public Sector Entities is as under : -
This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
