India’s transition to electric mobility is more than a technological shift, it is an expression of Bharat’s idea of coexistence, where the world is seen as one family and the earth as a shared home. The push for green transport, accelerated under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, embodies not only the imperatives of climate action but also the deeply rooted Hindu ethos of balance between human progress and nature’s preservation.
By February 2025, India had already registered 56.75 lakh electric vehicles, a figure that reflects not just market momentum but the collective will of a nation aligning modern innovation with age-old ecological wisdom.
Modi’s green vision
The defining imagery of this revolution came on August 26, 2025, when Prime Minister Modi inaugurated Suzuki’s first global strategic Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), the Made-in-India e-VITARA, at the Hansalpur plant in Gujarat. Designed for export to over 100 countries, including advanced markets such as Japan and Europe, the launch marked India’s transition from being an aspirational player to becoming a global hub for clean-mobility manufacturing.
Alongside this, Modi also inaugurated localised production of hybrid battery electrodes at the TDS Lithium-Ion Battery plant, a joint venture of Toshiba, Denso, and Suzuki. With over 80 percent of battery value now being created domestically, the event became a practical manifestation of the mantras “Make in India, Make for the World” and “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”.
This commitment to self-reliance echoed Modi’s August 15 Red Fort address, where he urged citizens to embrace Swadeshi products during the festive season, linking everyday consumer choice with the larger project of national resilience and economic independence.
Policy foundations of the electric surge
India’s rapid EV adoption has been powered by visionary schemes and layered policies. From the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 to successive interventions like FAME-I (2015–19) and FAME-II (2019-ongoing), the state has consistently laid down structures that incentivise clean mobility.
FAME-I sanctioned 520 charging stations with Rs 43 crore.
FAME-II, with a budget of Rs 11,500 crore, expanded EV uptake, charging networks, and e-bus deployment.
By June 2025, India had sanctioned Rs 912.50 crore for 9,332 public charging stations (of which 8,885 are operational) and allocated Rs 800 crore to IOCL, BPCL, and HPCL for 7,432 fuel-outlet charging points.
The results are visible: 11.49 lakh electric two-wheeler sales in FY 2024-25, up 21 percent from the previous year, signalled a market firmly moving towards electrification.
Manufacturing and Atmanirbharta
The PLI-Auto scheme (Rs 25,938 crore) attracted Rs 29,576 crore in investments and created nearly 45,000 jobs by March 2025, with a key condition of 50 percent domestic value addition. Complementing this, the Rs 18,100 crore ACC PLI scheme targeted 50 GWh of battery capacity, with 40 GWh already allocated.
Further, the PM E-Drive scheme (₹10,900 crore, launched in September 2024) offered a comprehensive package:
24.79 lakh e-two-wheelers
3.15 lakh e-three-wheelers
5,643 e-trucks and e-ambulances
14,028 e-buses
Plus, Rs 2,000 crore for charging infra and ₹780 crore for testing upgrades.
This industrial transformation resonates with the Swadeshi, once seen in the independence movement as a rejection of foreign dominance, and now reborn as a modern blueprint for industrial sovereignty in critical sectors like EVs and batteries.
Urban Transport: Cleaner, quieter, shared
The PM e-Bus Sewa programme (Rs 20,000 crore, 2023) is committed to deploying 10,000 electric buses through PPP models. By August 2025, 7,293 buses had been approved across 14 states and 4 Union Territories, supported by Rs 1,062.74 crore in infrastructure funds. To safeguard operators, the e-Bus Payment Security Mechanism (Rs 3,435.33 crore, 2024) was launched, covering up to 38,000 buses over five years.
For urban India, long choked by congestion and emissions, this push is not just an infrastructural upgrade but a social transformation, promising cleaner cities and healthier lives.
India’s civilisational ethos meets climate goals
The green mobility roadmap is firmly tied to India’s climate ambitions:
1. 30 percent EV adoption by 2030
2. 1 billion tonnes reduction in carbon emissions
3. Lowering carbon intensity below 45% by 2030
4. Net-zero by 2070
But beyond numbers, India’s EV journey reflects its civilisational idea of Dharma, the duty to protect life, environment, and balance. In many ways, this is an expression of Hinduness (Hindutva as a way of life, not ideology), a recognition that human well-being is inseparable from ecological well-being.
By aligning modern technology with timeless wisdom, India demonstrates that Atmanirbharta is not isolation but empowerment, enabling the nation to serve both itself and the world.
From Bharat to the World
From the Red Fort in Delhi to the Suzuki plant in Hansalpur, Modi’s words and actions underline a consistent theme: India is not just making for itself, but making for the world. The EV revolution is thus not only a domestic industrial story but also a civilisational offering, a reminder that Bharat’s rise is guided by its deepest belief that the planet is one family, and progress must serve all its residents.
India’s green highways, e-buses, and EV factories stand today as both symbols of Swadeshi resilience and as gifts to global sustainability, a new chapter in the journey of a nation where tradition and technology walk hand in hand.
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