About the Scheme

• 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. 
• As part of the NEMMP 2020, the Department of Heavy Industry (under the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises) formulated a Scheme viz. Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme in 2015. 
• The objective of the FAME India scheme is to promote manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology and to ensure sustainable growth of the same.
• The scheme encourages adoption of Electric and hybrid vehicles by offering upfront incentives on purchase of Electric vehicles and establishing a necessary charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles. 
• The scheme aims at addressing the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.

Phase-I 

• The Phase-I of this Scheme was initially launched for a period of 2 years, commencing from 1st April 2015, which was subsequently extended up to 31st March 2019. 
• The 1st Phase of FAME India Scheme was implemented through four focus areas namely (i) Demand Creation, (ii) Technology Platform, (iii) Pilot Project and (iv) Charging Infrastructure. 

Phase-II

• Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 3 years from 2019.
• This phase focuses on supporting electrification of public & shared transportation.
• In addition, the creation of charging infrastructure is also supported for electric vehicles.
  

Key Objectives

• Encourage faster adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by way of offering upfront incentives on purchase of Electric vehicles.
• Establishing necessary charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles.
• To address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.

Why in News?

• To give a further push to clean mobility in the country, the Ministry of Heavy Industries has  announced that the scheme outlay of FAME India scheme Phase II has been enhanced from ₹10,000 crore to ₹11,500 crore under FAME India scheme Phase II.

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