What Budget 2022 can do to power up EV charging scene
The government of India through Ministry of Power recently promulgated the ‘Revised Consolidated Guidelines & Standards for Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV)’ on 15 January 2022. Among many issues, these guidelines have fixed the timelines for providing grid connectivity for the installation of public charging stations, which is a right step for ease of setting up this critical infrastructure. The state electricity regulatory commissions will have to enforce these guidelines in letter and spirit. The guidelines lay down the following locational density targets for deploying public EV charging stations:
