It’s been over two years since the PM E-DRIVE scheme was launched — an

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It’s been over two years since the PM E-DRIVE scheme was launched — and while 26.5 lakh EVs have already rolled out on Indian roads, not a single new public charging station has been installed under its ₹689 crore allocation.

Yes, you read that right. Zero. The government approved plans for 6,562 charging points; including 1,571 in Karnataka, 1,146 in Delhi, and 805 in Rajasthan; but no money has been spent. Even the big oil companies (IOC, BPCL, HPCL) got green lights for 691 chargers… and still, nothing’s popped up on the map. Meanwhile, the scheme has spent ₹2,322 crore overall; mostly on EV subsidies, not infrastructure. So while you’re buying an electric two-wheeler or even an e-bus (yes, 14,000 of them are planned), there’s no guarantee you’ll find a charger when you need it. Is this a funding problem? A bureaucratic bottleneck? Or are we chasing sales targets without building the backbone to support them? Either way, the EV dream is running on empty; literally.