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    Government Approves Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India

    Posted 16 Mar 2024

    Updated 27 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • Key Highlights of Scheme
      • Ministry: Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI).
      • Implementation: Project Management Agency (PMA) will be responsible for providing secretarial, managerial and implementation support and carrying out other responsibilities as assigned by Government of India (GoI).
      • Eligibility Criteria
        • Minimum Investment required during 3 year window is Rs 4150 Crore (∼USD 500 million). No limit on maximum Investment.
        • Domestic Value Addition (DVA) criteria during manufacturing: 25% within a period of 3 years, and 50% within 5 years from date of issuance of approval letter by MHI/ PMA.
      • Bank guarantee will be returned only when 50% DVA is attained and investment of at least Rs 4,150 crore has been made, or to the extent of duty foregone in 5 years, whichever is higher.
      • Performance Criteria: All electric passenger vehicles shall meet the performance criteria of Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Auto scheme.
      • Tenure: 5 years or as notified by GoI.

     

    • Rationale of Scheme
      • Attract investments from global Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturers; Promote India as a manufacturing destination for EV; Promoting healthy competition among EV players can lead to high production volume; Reduce imports of crude oil; Generate employment etc.

     

    Other Initiatives to Promote EV

    • Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of EVs (FAME) India scheme- Phase I launched in 2015 and Phase II launched in 2019.
    • PLI Scheme for Automobile and Automotive Components (PLI-Auto) in 2021, as financial incentives to promote domestic manufacturing and draw investments into value chain of automotive manufacturing industry.
    • EV 30@30 for deployment of EVs and target at least 30 percent new EVs sales by 2030.
    • Tags :
    • Electric Vehicles
    • Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI)
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