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As on 10.07.2026, the PM-eBus Sewa – Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) Scheme covers 27,555 e-buses out of the targeted 38,000 e-buses. Of these, 10,000 e-buses are under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), 14,000 e-buses are under the PM E-DRIVE Scheme of the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), and 3,555 e-buses under various State Government/State Transport Undertaking (STU) initiatives.

As on 10.07.2026, a total of 523 e-buses have been deployed across the country under the PM-eBus Sewa–PSM Scheme. Further, under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme of MoHUA covered under PSM Scheme, 400 e-buses have been allocated to the State of Odisha with no deployment as on 03.08.2026

The government approved the PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Component Industry in India (PLI-Auto scheme) with a budgetary outlay of Rs. 25,938 crore for enhancing India’s manufacturing capabilities for Advanced Automotive Products (AAT) on 23.09.2021. The status of implementation of PLI-Auto scheme across all states is as below:-

Parameter

Cumulative till 31.03.2026

Investment (Rs. cr)

44,326

Incremental Sales (Base Year FY2019-20) (Rs. cr)

52,414

Employment generated (Nos.)

67,820

Incentive disbursed (Rs. cr)

2,386.36

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The FAME India Scheme Phase II concluded successfully on 31.03.2024. Although no scheme titled "FAME-III" is currently being implemented, the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) Scheme continues to provide incentives for electric vehicles to accelerate their adoption across the country. The PM E-DRIVE Scheme was notified on 24.09.2024 with a total outlay of ₹10,900 crore.

The Ministry of Heavy Industries under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector has set up 4 Smart Advanced Manufacturing and Rapid Transformation Hub (SAMARTH) Centres to promote Industry 4.0. The details of the SAMARTH Centres set up by MHI under the Scheme are as under:

Centre for Industry 4.0 (C4i4) Lab Pune;
IITD-AIA Foundation for Smart Manufacturing, IIT Delhi;
I-4.0 India @ IISc, Bengaluru;
Smart Manufacturing Demo & Development Cell, CMTI, Bengaluru.

Further, the details of progress made by SAMARTH Centres since January 2023 are as under:

No. of persons visited: 26,372
No. of persons trained: 33,751
No. of courses/training programmes conducted:332

(e): There is no proposal at present to increase the number of Common Engineering Facility Centres under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector Phase II.

TPJ

Official source

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Source attribution: Press Information Bureau, Government of India.