EV Subsidies in India 2026

AP Sustainable Electric Mobility Policy 4.0 (2024-2029) restructured the two-wheeler incentive to a percentage-of-price discount: 5% of ex-showroom price (10% if the buyer submits an old-vehicle scrappage certificate), capped at Rs10,000, on scooters priced up to Rs1,00,000. This purchase-incentive window is confirmed to close 31 Mar 2027 -- well before the policy's own 2029 end date.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Assam with road tax exemption.

Rs10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Bihar under the Bihar EV (Amendment) Policy 2026 (effective 15 May 2026) -- SC/ST buyers receive a higher Rs12,000 under the same scheme (not tracked as a separate row here). Road tax relief reduced to 50% (see the road-tax row).

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Chhattisgarh with road tax and registration waiver.

Central government subsidy on electric two-wheelers under PM E-DRIVE (successor to FAME II, which ended 31 Mar 2024). Formula-based, NOT a flat amount: Rs2,500 per kWh of battery capacity, capped at the lower of Rs5,000 per vehicle or 15% of ex-factory price. Only vehicles priced up to Rs1.5 lakh ex-factory are eligible. Rate was Rs5,000/kWh (cap Rs10,000) from Oct 2024-Mar 2025, halved from Apr 2025. Extended through 31 Mar 2028 per an 11 Aug 2026 notification.

Delhi government subsidy on electric scooters under Delhi EV Policy 2026, TIERED by the policy year of purchase rather than a flat amount: Rs30,000 in Year 1 (Jul 2026-Jun 2027), stepping down to Rs20,000 in Year 2, then Rs10,000 in Year 3. The amount stored here (Rs30,000) is the CURRENT Year-1 rate -- update annually.

100% road tax and registration fee waiver on electric scooters registered in Delhi under Delhi EV Policy 2026.

₹15,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Haryana with road tax and registration waiver.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in HP with road tax and registration waiver.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Jharkhand with road tax waiver.

Ladakh UT offers up to 10% of ex-showroom price as a subsidy on electric scooters, capped at Rs15,000, under its EV Policy notified 17 Aug 2022 (5-year validity, to 2027). Also includes an "early-bird" double-incentive window for early adopters and a road tax exemption.

100% motor vehicle tax and registration fee waiver in YEAR 1 ONLY of ownership for electric scooters purchased under MP EV Policy 2025.

MP EV Policy 2025 introduces a Rs5,000 incentive for electric two-wheelers, explicitly labelled a "retrofitting" incentive in available sources and available in Year 1 only. SCOPE UNCONFIRMED -- see the car-incentive row (same policy) for the same new-purchase-vs-conversion ambiguity.

Maharashtra provides Rs10,000 subsidy on purchase of electric scooters under Maharashtra EV Policy 2025-30 (effective Apr 2025) -- reduced from the 2021 policy's Rs25,000.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Meghalaya.

₹15,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Punjab with road tax exemption.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Rajasthan with road tax and registration exemption.

Telangana provides a 100% road tax + registration fee exemption on electric scooters (and two-wheelers generally), capped at the FIRST 200,000 two-wheelers. The Rs15,000 cash-subsidy figure previously stored here does not correspond to a real provision -- the original policy G.O. specifies no flat cash rebate for two-wheelers; that Rs15,000 figure appears to actually be an auto-rickshaw retrofitment subsidy, unrelated to scooters.

₹5,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Uttar Pradesh with full registration and road tax waiver.

₹15,000 subsidy on electric scooters in Uttarakhand with road tax and registration waiver.

₹10,000 subsidy on electric scooters in West Bengal with full road tax waiver.