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FAME and National E-Mobility Scheme in India
These schemes aim to achieve national fuel security by promoting hybrid and electric vehicles
in the country.
T
he FAME India (Faster
Adoption and Manufacture
of (Hybrid and) Electric
Vehicles)
Scheme
was
launched by the Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises in
2015 to incentivize the production
and promotion of eco-friendly
vehicles including electric vehicles
and hybrid vehicles.
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.
Benefits under FAME scheme
At present, the FAME scheme
gives incentives to electric scooters
ranging between INR 1700 to INR
39,000. For three-wheelers, the
incentives range from INR 3300 and
INR 61,000 and for electric and
hybrid cars, the benefits ranges from
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INR 11,500 to INR 1.43 lakh. Electric
buses cost about Rs 55 lakh less under
the scheme.
Focus areas of FAME
The scheme covers Hybrid and
Electric technologies like Mild Hybrid,
Strong Hybrid, Plug in Hybrid &
Battery Electric Vehicles.
FAME focuses on 4 areas i.e.
Technology development, Demand
Creation, Pilot Projects and Charging
Infrastructure.
Phase I of FAME
FAME is designed to implement in a
phased manner. Phase I of the FAME-
India Scheme was scheduled for a two-
year period between April 1, 2015, and
March 31, 2017, at an approved outlay
of INR 795 crore. But later it was
extended to August 31, 2018.
Approximately 2,18,625 Electronic
Vehicles were ‘promoted’ by FAME I
till July 2018. Now again the scheme is
extended to March 31, 2019 due to
delay in introducing the FAME II
scheme by the Govt. of India.
FAME-India is part of the National
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Electric
Mobility
Mission
Plan
(NEMMP), which was launched in
2015. Under the NEMMP scheme, the
government aimed to invest Rs 14000
crore in creating infrastructure and
promoting the use of electric vehicles.
The mother programme of FAME-
the National Electric Mobility Mission
Plan (NEMMP) 2020 was launched in
2013 to achieve sales of six-seven
million units of electric vehicles and
thus to realise fossil fuel saving of 2.2 to
2.5 million tonnes.
Such a promotion of electric vehicles
will substantially lower vehicular
emissions and decrease in carbon
dioxide emissions by up to 1.5% by
2020.
In early 2018, the Ministry of Power
launched the new National Electric
Mobility Programme with broad
objectives. Here, the focus is for
establishing the electric charging
infrastructure and a policy framework
to set realise more than 30% electric
vehicles by 2030.
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