USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Electric Vehicle (EV): vehicle propelled by an electric motor drawing power from rechargeable batteries; pillar of India's decarbonisation, oil-import-substitution and clean-mobility strategy.
• Nodal ministry is the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI); demand-side push via FAME-II and PM E-DRIVE, supply-side via PLI (Auto & ACC) schemes.
• EV registrations grew from 1.74 lakh (FY 2019-20) to 19.68 lakh (FY 2024-25) — an ~11x rise in 5 years.