{"id":18582,"date":"2023-12-25T08:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T03:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18582"},"modified":"2025-04-05T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T06:19:01","slug":"fame-india-phase-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fame-india-phase-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"What is FAME India Phase II?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0About FAME India Phase II<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) is a scheme for\u00a0promotion of electric mobility\u00a0in the country.<\/li>\n<li>It has an\u00a0outlay of Rs. 10,000 Crore for a period of 3 years commencing from 1st April, 2019. The FAME India Phase II has been extended for a period of two years after 31st March, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing Agency:\u00a0Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises.<\/li>\n<li>The main objective of the scheme is to encourage faster adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by\u00a0offering an upfront incentive on the purchase of electric vehicles\u00a0and\u00a0also by\u00a0establishing a necessary charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>The scheme will help address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.<\/li>\n<li>This scheme is the expanded version of the scheme titled &#8216;FAME India I, which was launched on 1st April, 2015, with a total outlay of Rs. 895 crores.<\/li>\n<li>Features of FAME India Phase II:\n<ul>\n<li>The emphasis is on the electrification of public transportation, which includes shared transport.<\/li>\n<li>Demand incentives\u00a0on the operational expenditure model for electric buses will be delivered through State\/city transport corporation (STUs).<\/li>\n<li>In the 3W and 4W segments,\u00a0incentives will be\u00a0applicable mainly to vehicles used\u00a0for public transport or registered for commercial purposes.<\/li>\n<li>In the e-2Ws segment, the\u00a0focus will be on private vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>Through the scheme, it is planned to support 10 Lakh e-2W, 5 Lakh e-3W, 55000 4Ws, and 7000 buses.<\/li>\n<li>To encourage advanced technologies, the\u00a0benefits of incentives will be extended\u00a0to only those vehicles which are fitted with advanced batteries like lithium-ion batteries\u00a0and other new technology batteries.<\/li>\n<li>The scheme\u00a0proposes the establishment of charging infrastructure, whereby about 2700 charging stations will be established in metros, other million-plus cities, smart cities, and cities of hilly states across the country so that there will be availability of at least one charging station in a grid of 3 km x 3 km.<\/li>\n<li>Under the scheme of FAME-II, the\u00a0demand incentive for e-2W has been increased\u00a0to Rs. 15,000\/KWh from Rs. 10,000\/KWh, with an increase in cap from 20% to almost 40% of the cost of the vehicle to increase the adoption of e-2W.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a lithium-ion battery?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a type of rechargeable battery that uses lithium ions as the primary component in its electrochemical system. It is widely used in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles, and various energy storage applications. It is made up of an anode (a negative electrode), cathode (a positive electrode), separator, electrolyte, and two current collectors (positive and negative). The electrodes are typically made of materials that can intercalate lithium ions during charging and discharging cycles. Common cathode materials include lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2), lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4), and lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/energy\/parliamentary-panel-recommends-fame-ii-scheme-s-extension-by-at-least-3-more-years-93505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Parliamentary panel recommends FAME-II scheme\u2019s extension by at least 3 more years<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) is a scheme for promotion of electric mobility in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}