As of January 2021, around Rs 2.12 billion has been released for the procurement of electric buses under the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric (FAME)-India scheme. …
Earlier the government had invited the expression of interest (EoI) from million-plus cities, smart cities, state/UT capitals and cities from special category states for submission of proposal for deployment of e-buses on operational cost basis. Subsequently, the government received 86 proposals from 26 states/UTs for the deployment of about 15,000 e-buses. Further, the project implementation and sanctioning committee has sanctioned 5,565 e-buses to 65 cities/ state transport corporation for intra-city operation; 600 e-buses for intercity operation and 100 electric buses for last mile connectivity to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).