Transport Minister Laxman S Savadi on Monday requested Union Environment, Forests and Heavy Industries Minister Prakash Javadekar to restructure and increase FAME II subsidy to procure electric buses for BMTC.
Savadi met Javadekar here and submitted a memorandum, requesting him to reduce the sanctioned 300 electric buses under FAME-II scheme to the state and increase the subsidy amount to Rs 1 crore on the lines of FAME-I.
FAME (Faster Adoptation and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicle in India) is a centrally sponsored scheme, implemented by Ministry of Heavy Industries, to promote electric and hybrid vehicles in public transport system.
The scheme was implemented in two phases FAME-I and FAME-II. Under FAME-II, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) was selected to receive the capital expenditure subsidy to procure 300 electric buses.
