New Delhi, May 21 -- Union Minister for Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy chaired an inter-ministerial coordination meeting on Wednesday to review and accelerate the implementation of EV charging infrastructure under the PM E-Drive scheme.

Senior officials from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and the Ministry of Heavy Industries were present, a release said.

The scheme, launched under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aims to build a nationwide EV-ready ecosystem to enable cleaner transport and reduce India's dependency on fossil fuels.

With a financial outlay of Rs 2,000 crore, the PM E-Drive scheme will support the installation of approximately 72,000 EV pu...