1. Under the NEMMP, the government has launched the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME India) scheme
2. This scheme had an initial outlay of 75 crore.
3. This scheme is expected to provide a major thrust towards the early adoption of electric and hybrid technologies.
4. The government hopes that such vehicles will become the first and natural choice of consumers thereby slowly replacing conventional vehicles, thus helping India inch towards a pollution-free environment.
5. The government envisioned that by 2020, early market development via demand incentive, domestic production, and in-house technology development will help this industry reach self-sufficient economies of scale.
6. In 2012-13, around 42000 electric vehicles and close to 20000 hybrid vehicles were sold in India. Most of the electric vehicles were low-speed scooters. It is expected that with the government push for this sector, the market can be extended for 2 Wheeler, 3 Wheeler, 4 Wheeler, LCVs, and buses
7. The government has plans to incentivize buyers to buy hybrid and electric vehicles by offering monetary support. The incentive will be disbursed through an electronic mechanism or portal. Under this scheme, the producer of the vehicle will reduce the price of the vehicle while selling to the consumer and the same amount will be reimbursed to the manufacturer by the government.
8. The latest update on the scheme: To boost electric mobility, the government aims to support through subsidies about 62,000 electric passenger cars and buses, besides 15 lakh electric three- and two-wheelers, Parliament was informed on February 11, 2021
9. Encourage faster adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by way of offering upfront Incentive on purchase of Electric vehicles.
10. Establish a necessary charging Infrastructure for electric vehicles.
11. To address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel security.

Government has approved Phase-II of FAME Scheme with an outlay of 10,000 Crore for a period of 3 years commencing from 1^st April 2019 which is now extended till 2024. Out of total budgetary support, about 86 % of fund has been allocated for Demand Incentive so as to create demand for xEVs in the country. This phase aims to generate demand by way of supporting 7000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers (e-3W) on providing affordable & environment friendly public transportation options for the masses, scheme will be applicable mainly to vehicles used for public transport or those registered for commercial purposes in e-3W, e-4W and e-bus segments. However, privately owned registered electric two-wheelers (e-2Ws) are also covered under the scheme as a mass segment. Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME II), is a scheme launched by the Government of India to give a boost to development of Electric Vehicles. This is important considering the efforts to combat climate change across the globe. The Government of India has allocated a budget of 10,000 crores for the second phase of this scheme. This scheme was launched to achieve the goals of National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP). Phase I lasted from 2015 to 2019 and Phase II of FAME was launched in 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2024.The Central government has increased the subsidy under the second phase of the FAME India scheme on electric two-wheelers by 50 %. The subsidy will now be 15,000 per kWh for electric two-wheelers under FAME India phase II. Earlier, it was Rs 10,000 per kWh. Additionally, the cap on subsidy for an electric two-wheeler will be 40 % of its cost, up from 20 % earlier

• The government’s continued support to Electronic Vehicles- EVs will make the electric Two-wheelers more affordable which will greatly benefit electric motorcycle and scooter customers.
• Sustainable mobility solutions are very important for the future and the improved incentives for electric two-wheelers will increase penetration and encourage further indigenous investments in future technology

1. An electric vehicle (EV) is one that operates on an electric motor, instead of an internal-combustion engine that generates power by burning a mix of fuel and gases.
2. Electric Vehicles (EV’s) include road and rail vehicles, surface and underwater vessels, electric aircraft and electric spacecraft.
3. Though the concept of electric vehicles has been around for a long time, it has drawn a considerable amount of interest in the past decade amid a rising carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of fuel-based vehicles.
4. An electric vehicle may be powered through a collector system by electricity from off-vehicle sources, or may be self-contained with a battery, solar panels, fuel cells or an electric generator to convert fuel to electricity.

Scheme for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) is proposed to be implemented through the following verticals:

1. Demand Incentives
2. Establishment of network of Charging Stations
3. Administration of Scheme including Publicity, IEC (Information, Education & Communication) activities.

Charging safety concerns, non-standardized connectors and lack of communication ports are key issues. India’s Advanced Cell Chemistry (ACC) PLI scheme is 18,100 crore Production Linked Incentives (PLI) scheme for building Tesla-style giga factories to manufacture batteries. It focuses on battery cycle life as a parameter for the incentive, and is envisioning cycle life of 4000 cycles and above. The scheme is technology-agnostic and determined by energy density and cycle life, with higher subsidy for cells with better quality and higher performance.

The plan is to set up 50 gigawatt hour (GWh) manufacturing capacity for advanced chemistry cell batteries by attracting investments totaling 45,000 crore. Each selected ACC battery manufacturer would have to commit to set up an ACC manufacturing facility of minimum 5GWh capacity and to ensure a minimum 60% domestic value addition at the project level within five years.

The incentive to be paid out on the basis of sales, energy efficiency, battery life cycle, and localization levels. The beneficiary firms have to achieve a domestic value addition of at least 25% and make the mandatory investment of 225 crore / GWh within 2 years and raise it to 60% domestic value addition within 5 years.

The Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) rolled out multiple schemes to create demand for EV’s and to augment supply. The validity of the FAME II program was extended to Mar 31, 2024, and the subsidy for EV-2W increased under FAME-II policy. On the supply side, in addition to the PLI scheme for ACC batteries as mentioned above, another PLI scheme for automobile and auto components was rolled out.

The Ministry of Power (MoP) announced the ‘Go Electric’ campaign for awareness of EV and charging infrastructure. In addition, Government owned CESL floated tenders to procure large quantities of EV-2W and EV-3W, and the government also announced the “Vehicle Scrappage Policy”.

FAME 2 Scheme has been started through the central government to control the pollution caused by the use of petrol and diesel. To keep the environment fresh and clean, the government of our country is providing electric vehicles to the people of the country through FAME 2 Scheme. The government has already launched the first frame of this scheme and now the second phase of this FAME India Scheme 2022 had started. Under the second phase of this scheme, the government will provide 670 electric buses in Maharashtra state, Goa, Gujarat, Chandigarh and 241 charging stations will be provided on the roads of Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Port Blair.The FAME India scheme has been launched in India to encourage the citizens of India to buy electric vehicles. Along with this, citizens will be given subsidy on buying new electric vehicles through this scheme; its main objective is to promote electric mobility. Due to this, the government has extended the FAME II scheme for 2 years. Due to which now this FAME India scheme will be applicable till 31^st March 2024 (Earlier this scheme was started only from 2019 to 31 March 2022). So now under this scheme, the government has also increased the subsidy incentive from 10000 per kWh to 15000 per kWh. Accordingly, necessary charging infrastructure for electric vehicles has also been established under this scheme. The main objective of the FAME India scheme was to address the issue of environmental pollution and fuel shortage.

So far, a total of 78045 vehicles have been sold under the FAME India scheme. Only 5% of the budget allocated by the government i.e., 818 crore has been used and till now in terms of sales, a total of 58613 electric two-wheelers have been sold till March 2022. The government has allocated a budget of 10000 crore for the implementation of this scheme, in which the target was to sell 10 lakh units and the target was not completed, so the government has decided to extend this scheme till 2024. A total of 78045 electric vehicles have been sold till 26 June 2021. All these vehicles include 59984 electric two-wheelers, 16499 electric three-wheelers and 1562 electric four-wheelers.So far, out of the cities where this scheme has been implemented, Karnataka has sold the highest number of 17438 EVs and Tamil Nadu has sold 11902 EVs, Maharashtra has sold 8814 EVs while Uttar Pradesh has sold 5670 EVs. With all this, Delhi has sold 5632 electric vehicles.The subsidy will be given to the beneficiaries on the purchase of new electric vehicles through this scheme.

Nearly all the state governments have completely waivered road tax for electric two wheelers except Rajasthan where the state government is not exempting road taxes at all. Next in this list is Kerala where the state government has exempted 50% road tax. Madhya Pradesh has waived 99% of the road tax. Now coming to the subsidies offered by individual state governments, Odisha is the only state giving an outright subsidy of 5000 irrespective of the vehicle's battery capacity which is the lowest subsidy offered by any state. Rajasthan offers a maximum subsidy of 10,000 at a rate of 2500 per kWh of the vehicle's battery capacity. The states of Meghalaya, Gujarat, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal are ahead of Rajasthan in the subsidy race with the individual state governments offering a maximum subsidy of 20,000 at a rate of 10,000 per kWh battery capacity. Delhi is offering maximum subsidy worth 30,000 at a rate of 5000 per kWh of battery capacity. Maharashtra offers a maximum subsidy amount of 10,000 with an additional early bird incentive of 15,000 and 7000 for scrappage. It must be noted that the early bird incentive can be availed only if you book your electric bike or scooter before 31^st March 2022. In addition to these individual state subsidies, Central government is offering a subsidy of 15000 per kWh capped at 40% of vehicle cost.

The road tax exemptions for four wheelers are same as that of the two wheelers. While road tax exemptions are same, individual state government subsidies are different for cars. In case of cars, Meghalaya is the state offering least subsidy with a maximum subsidy amount of 60,000 at a rate of 4000 per kWh battery capacity. Odisha is offering an outright subsidy of 1,00,000 irrespective of the battery capacity. Next in the list are Gujarat, Assam, Bihar and West Bengal where a maximum subsidy of 1,50,000 is offered at a rate of 10,000 per kWh. Maharashtra state government is offering maximum subsidy of 1,50,000 at a rate of 5000 per kWh. In addition to this, the government is also giving 1,00,000 as early bird incentive. Just like for two wheelers, this incentive is applicable only if you book your car before 31^st March 2022.

India’s efforts for the adoption of electric vehicles are more serious than ever. In addition to the FAME II scheme by the central government several states and Union Territories are putting their own schemes and subsidies to encourage it further. Hence, here is a complete rundown of all the vehicle.

What’s the problem, one might ask?

• First, the initial cost of owning an electric vehicle is higher than the conventional automobiles
• Infrastructure is one issue that is further suppressing the sales of EVs in India

The PLI Scheme for Automobile & Auto Components will provide the boost bar to manufacturing of Battery Electric Vehicles and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles of all segments – 2 wheelers, 3 wheelers, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, Tractors, Automobile meant for Military use and any other Advanced Automotive Technology vehicle as prescribed by Ministry of Heavy Industry depending upon technical developments.
The scheme consists of two components incentivizing incremental sales of:

• Automobile & Auto Components related to Advanced Automotive Technology and
• New Non-Automotive investor company or its Group companies that may want to participate in this scheme

Group Company means two or more enterprises which, directly or indirectly, are in a position to: Exercise twenty-six percent or more of voting rights in the other enterprise;
Or
Appoint more than fifty percent of members of Board of Directors in the other enterprise. (As defined in the FDI Policy Circular of 2020)

1. Non-Automotive company or its Group Company (ies) can qualify for this scheme provided they present a clear business plan to invest in India and generate revenues from Advanced Automotive Technology vehicles or Advanced Automotive Technology components manufacturing.
2. The applicant new Non-Automotive Investor Company or its Group company (ies) will be eligible to claim incentive subject to meeting cumulative minimum new domestic investment to be achieved for a particular year. The applicant will also have to meet the % Year on Year growth criteria from the minimum threshold fixed from the first year.
3. New Non-Automotive Investor Company or its Group Company (ies) will be defined as those who have no revenue from manufacturing of Automobile or auto- components as on 31^st March 2021.
4. An applicant new Non-Automotive Investor company or its Group Company (ies) must satisfy the entire eligibility criteria.

Investment: “Investment” as mentioned in Para -3.2(c) of the scheme shall mean:

• Expenditure incurred on Plant, Machinery, Equipment and Associated Utilities: This shall include expenditure on plant, machinery, equipment and associated utilities as well as tools, dies, moulds, jigs, fixtures (including parts, accessories, components and spares thereof) of the same, used in the design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, packaging or processing of any of the eligible products under the scheme. It shall also include expenditure on packaging, freight/transport, insurance, and erection and commissioning of the plant, machinery, equipment, and associated utilities. Associated utilities would include captive power and effluent treatment plants, essential equipments required in operations area such as clean rooms, air curtains, temperature and air quality control systems, compressed air, water and power supply, and control systems. Associated utilities would also include IT and ITES infrastructure related to manufacturing including servers, softwares, and ERP solutions. All non-creditable taxes and duties would also be included in such expenditure.
• Expenditure incurred on Land and Building: The expenditure incurred on land will not be considered for meeting the threshold criteria of Cumulative Minimum Domestic Investment. However, buildings of the main plant and utilities will be considered as part of the investment provided it does not exceed 10% of Minimum Cumulative Domestic Investment defined for a segment.

Cumulative New Domestic Investment Condition of Performance ( Crore)

Battery swapping is a method in which a depleted battery is replaced with a fully charged one. Battery swapping is a potential solution to range anxiety, reduced vehicle cost and efficient charging arrangement. This also addresses the recurring CapEx challenge of buying new battery packs and the economic viability of operating Electric Vehicles. Battery swapping provides a quick recharge alternative to EV drivers in the last mile delivery (LMD) space. With swapping, the battery packs can become smaller and the average subsidy per vehicle will become lower implying more vehicle support within the FAME-II budget. The battery swapping model uses battery leasing service which separates the ownership of the battery and the E2W/E3W and reduces the expenses incurred by EV owners.

The plug-in chargers for Electric Vehicles (EV’s) are slow and are capable of charging a single vehicle at a time. The vehicles can be mostly charged at home or work and charging type is typically 2 hours or more.
Separation of vehicle and battery, reduces the upfront cost of EV purchase, enhances the competitiveness. The standardized battery can improve the safety and prolong the life of the battery by correct charging. Users also generally don’t need to worry about the residual value of the battery or the battery degradation. They can continue to enjoy the dividends brought about by improvements in battery technology. With centralized management of batteries and closed-loop management, reduces the overall cost of the batteries. The batteries can also be re-purposed after their end-of-life for solar and energy storage applications.

Gogoro of Taiwan is the world leader in battery swapping stations. Gogoro has over 2000 GoStations and has delivered over 180 million battery swaps to more than 375,000 subscribers. Most recently Gogoro has partnered with Hero MotoCorp for building the next generation of smart vehicles powered by Gogoro swapping technology.Taiwan E-scooter standard (TES) was formulated to ensure standardization in battery and battery swap stations. Gogoro has engineered safer, swappable batteries and connected it all on a network of battery swapping stations that intelligently distribute energy so that the battery power is always available, when and where needed. Gogoro has developed vehicles so that the battery packs are unstealable and comes with over-the-air software updates. The network of swapping stations is all scalable and flexible with a small foot-print.

Gogoro’s goal is to shift perceptions of what electric fuel could be. Each Gogoro e-scooter connects two Li-Ion batteries, weighs about 9kg each and offers riding distances of up to 170km. They are encased in a durable, waterproof, aluminum case and every battery in the network is monitored with over 25 integrated sensors for thermal, overcharge protection, shock detection and equipped with wireless NFC communication.The Gogoro Charging Stations (GoStations) are modular, consisting of a main unit with additional expansion units that can be added as needed. The larger GoStations can retain up to 200kWh of energy, supporting upto 1000 riders. They are accessible 24x7 in places like gas stations and convenience stores. The touchscreen provides information about users’ energy use and displays notifications about their EV usage. The typical expectation is that the users can swap their batteries and go in under 30 seconds.The swapping stations can also power themselves using batteries in the event of power interruption or can be used as a power source to help power smaller microgrids in the event of power outages disrupting critical systems. The consumers who like Gogoro’s battery system will have a choice between buying Gogoro’s own scooters or scooters from third parties. Gogoro’s ridesharing platform can be used as a white-label solution by companies that want to launch their own EV ride-sharing program.Honda, KTM, Yamaha and Piaggio Group have formed a Swappable Battery Motorcycle Consortium (SBMC). The underlying aim is to address the future of electro mobility, such as range, charging time, infrastructure and cost of ownership. They are developing common technical specifications for swappable battery systems.

Vehicle Battery Charger Cloud Protocol (LS-VBCC) formulated by Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) published the open protocol for battery swapping. This protocol document addresses the Charging protocol (between charger and battery), Driving protocol (between battery and vehicle) and provides protocol for communication between Electric Vehicle (EV) and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) and for communication between EVSE and a Central Management System (CMS). The Central Management System (CMS) design incorporates open-APIs enabling development of mobile applications, so as to provide a holistic platform for enabling EV proliferation.The physical layer is based on the CAN interface (29-bit CAN identifier at 500kbits/sec). The CAN identifier is as per the SAE J1939-21:2006 standard. The protocol includes an auto-addressing stage to address the various devices in the system and also includes an authentication stage so that only after proper device authentication, other transactions are honored.

Lack of standards for battery swapping, lack of openness and divergent technical and economic interests are the key challenges. Also safety is a key concern that needs to be addressed in the battery swapping stations. A common swapping policy for promoting battery swapping technology is key factor. Other impediments are the large investment requirement for battery-swapping stations, operation and maintenance of the swapping stations, difficulty in achieving unified standards, unclear demarcation of division of responsibilities and limited space for station construction. Each of these challenges is intensely worked on by various players.
In order for the battery swapping to take-off the following are the key points to be considered.

• There needs to be standardized batteries and interfaces without restricting innovation.
• Battery swapping stations should be strategically positioned to provide maximum reach.
• Reduction of the battery swapping service costs by utilizing solar/renewable energy or grid electricity using off-peak hours.
• Maintain the quality of battery swapping service for managing battery warranty claims.
• Customers too feel that the battery they are receiving is just as good as the one they are leaving behind.

India’s FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacture of Electric Vehicles) scheme is primarily developed with fixed batteries in mind. Standardization of swappable battery form factor, connector and communication protocol is still under various stages of discussion. The ISO/IEC standards related to battery and swapping stations are also in draft stages. BIS has constituted a committee for drafting the charging station level standard.Lack of standardization is an important barrier to the rollout of a single harmonized solution. The electric vehicle standards and the battery standards for different companies are different. More importantly, automobile manufacturers generally do not want to adopt one unifying solution as they fight for control. This power struggle and lack of trust makes this standardization difficult.

• Firstly, visit the Official Website of FAME India Program. Then, the home page will open in front of you.
• On the home page look under the section of Connect. Two options will open in front of you.
• After that, you have to click on the Feedback option.
• Now the feedback form will open in front of you. Here, fill all the details asked in the form such as Category, Process, Name, Email, Mobile Number, Feedback, and Captcha Code.
• After filling in all the details click on the Continue button. Your feedback will be submitted successfully.

• Firstly, visit the official website of FAME India Program. Then, the home page will open in front of you.
• On the home page you have to click on the FAME-II Depository option.
• A page will open in front of you, in this page you will get the name of the document, date of the document and download format.

• First of all you have to go to the official website Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India.
• After this the home page will open in front of you.
• On the home page, you have to click on the scheme tab. Now you have to click on OEM and dealers.
• The list will be displayed before you.

The complete PDF file of the Dealer network file will also be there and you can download the file for future reference too.

Subsequent to the FAME II the Government has taken a Milestone for ramping up the Electric Mobility in the India Economy and to protect the sustainability of Indian Automakers and to Make India “Atma-Nirbhar Bharat”. Tenure of the scheme will be from 2022-23 to 2026-27 and base year will be considered for the calculation of incremental investment is 2019-20.

The window for receiving applications through the Notice Inviting Applications will be for a period of 60 days and application to be furnished on online portal along with financial & supporting documents.

Note: Documents required for verifying eligibility for both the components of the scheme will include, but not be limited, to the following:

• Audited financial statements (Profit & loss, balance sheet) of the legal entity applying for the scheme as well as that of the global group company.
• For base lining and establishing incentives, eligible sales value in the base year and domestic investment made starting from 01.04.2021, if any, the applicant needs to furnish a statutory auditor’s certificate.
• The documents should be audited and validated by a statutory auditor.

The Application Form along with details of all necessary supporting documents, to be submitted at the time of application, will be notified separately by Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) in due course of time. A non-refundable application fee would be payable for each application.

• Eligible Sales Value for Vehicle Segment: Total sales (Net of GST) for eligible vehicles.
• Eligible Sales Value for Component Segment: Total sales (Net of GST) for eligible components or apportioned value of eligible component as determined by Testing Agency of MHI.
• Determined Sales Value for Vehicle Segment: (Eligible Sales Value for Vehicle Segment for a particular year) minus (Eligible Sales Value for Vehicle Segment for Base year).

Maximum Incentive under the Scheme:

Recently, the Government of India Union Cabinet has approved a 26,058 crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI)scheme for auto, auto-components and Drone industries to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities.

It excludes conventional petrol, diesel and CNG segments (Internal Combustion Engine) since it has sufficient capacity in India. It is incentivizing only advanced automotive technologies or auto components whose supply chains are weak, dormant, or non-existing. It is aimed at boosting new technology and the economy of clean fuels.This Scheme will prove the booster for environmental friendly Electric Vehicles and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles of all segments and components thereof. However, basic investment limit has been kept very high, therefore, most of the MSME will be deprived of such scheme.

The sche MHI and the expenses will be met within the allocation of the scheme. me shall have provision for cost audit by External Auditor (Cost or Chartered Accountant) appointed by As a matter of fact, under Section 148 of the Companies Act 2013 and Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, Automobile & Auto Components Manufacturer have to maintain Cost Records and also get the same audited by Practicing Cost Accountant as defined under Section 2 of Cost & Works Accountants Act 1959 and therefore, audit has to be carried out by Cost Accountant as appointed Ministry of Heavy Industry.

As the FAME incentives get exhausted -- likely by fiscal 2024 -- the PLI scheme could drive EV adoption. The latest PLI scheme for EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, which is aimed at enhancing India's manufacturing capabilities for advanced products for five fiscals beginning 2023, can restrict any steep increase in TCA and keep it around ICE variant levels. So, as FAME II rides into the sunset, PLI could step in to support demand and subsequently push manufacturers to make investments in capacity building. To cite an example, an electric scooter with an ex-showroom price of up to 1.4 lakh (without FAME incentive) and on-road price of 1.04 lakh (net of FAME incentive, and inclusive of registration, insurance and other miscellaneous costs) could realize incentives up to 17,000 per vehicle over the period of the PLI scheme. This is approximately 10-12 per cent of the ex-showroom cost of the electric scooter. Additionally, the TCA of electric scooters could be similar to ICE variants if 75 per cent of the expected PLI benefit is passed on to customers. In a scenario where 100% of the PLI benefit is passed on to buyers, the TCA of electric scooters would be 1,000 lower than that of ICE variants. Overall, the PLI scheme is expected to push up adoption of electric scooters, given the availability of more models and significantly lower pricing. As such, vehicle makers will have enough incentive to invest in the manufacturing of electric scooters, which will boost supplies.The motorcycle segment, too, would be eligible for the PLI benefit where, after the FAME II incentives get over, TCA is expected to increase by 15,000 from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025. However, limited models and higher price will remain a deterrent versus electric scooters.

The Applicant needs to upload the following mandatory documents along with the information submitted in the application form.

• Certified copy of the memorandum and articles of association or equivalent registration document
• Certificate of incorporation of Company (Issued by ROC)
• Letter of Authorization by Board of Directors or Managing Director or Equivalent.
• Shareholding Pattern (Latest submitted with ROC and certified by Company Secretary)

• Self-certified copies of PAN, GST Certificate for the applicant,
• Self-certified copies of brief profile of Chairman, CEO and CXOs

• Certificate from Company Secretary / Board of Directors - provide details of presence in RBI’s Defaulter and Willful Defaulter Lists, SEBI Debarred List and CIBIL Score.

• In case the applicant’s annual report is being prepared on calendar year basis or does not reflect the consolidated global manufacturing revenue in the Target Segment, the applicant should provide a certificate for consolidated global manufacturing revenue in the Target Segment from April 01, 2019 to March 31, 2020. The annual report may be submitted for CY 2019 or FY 2019-20, as may be available.
• The certificate issued by the applicant should mention names of group companies, relationship with the applicant, location of registration and manufacturing revenue of the company in the target segment considered in consolidated revenue.
• The applicant is required to submit a certificate from such group company whose revenue is being considered for, stating name of the company, relationship with the applicant, registration no., location of registration and revenue from manufacturing in the target segment. Certificate from authorized representative of such group company will suffice for this purpose and there is no explicit need for a board resolution or separate certificates from all the constituent companies of such group company.

• All electronic manufacturing companies which are either Indian or have a registered unit in India will be eligible to apply for the scheme.
• These companies can either create a new unit or seek incentives for their existing units from one or more locations in India.
• Any additional expenditure incurred by companies on plant, machinery, equipment, research and development and transfer of technology for manufacture of mobile phones and related electronic items will be eligible for the incentive scheme.
• However, all investment done by companies on land and buildings for the project will not be considered for any incentives or determine eligibility of the scheme.

• Committed investment is a condition to be fulfilled prior to commencement of production and claiming incentive.
• In case the actual permissible investment made by each selected company is less than the limiting investment for a product sub-category, the selected company shall not be eligible for any incentive and the selected company shall be out of the scheme.
• In case the selected company has applied for more than one unit, at the same location, in a particular product sub-category,

1. In case of two units, 50 % of the limiting investment should be fulfilled on the ground prior to claiming incentive for production from first unit.
2. In case of three units, 33 % of the limiting investment should be fulfilled on the ground prior to claiming incentive for production from first unit.
3. Similarly, production from the last unit shall be eligible for claiming incentive provided 100% of limiting investment has been achieved before commencement of production from the last unit.