The Centre has issued operational guidelines for the rollout of nearly 72 thousand 300 public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country under the PM E-DRIVE scheme. According to the Heavy Industries Ministry, the framework provides a tiered subsidy structure to accelerate the installation of charging infrastructure at government premises, highways, public transport hubs, and commercial complexes.

As per the guidelines, government offices, residential colonies, hospitals, and educational institutions will be eligible for a 100 per cent subsidy on upstream infrastructure and EV charging equipment, provided they ensure free public access. For high-traffic public locations such as railway stations, airports, bus terminals, metro stations, municipal parking lots, public sect

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