The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) is working to expedite the disbursement process for electric vehicle (EV) subsidies under the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) initiative.
It aims to reduce the processing time from the current 40 days to just five. This change comes in response to a backlog of claims, particularly for electric two-wheelers (e2Ws), a senior government official said.
Currently, there are 126,000 claims in process for 2024-25, with 109,000 of these claims related to e2Ws, of a total of 893,000 claims. The subsidy claims submitted for e2Ws through the Public Financial Management