NITI Aayog Launches India Electric Mobility Index to Track States/UTs Progress in EV Transition
NITI Aayog has unveiled the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI), a policy tool designed to benchmark and accelerate state-level progress toward national electric mobility goals through data-driven evaluation and targeted interventions. It also launched a report on ‘Unlocking a USD 200 Billion Opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India’.
August 06, 2025. By Mrinmoy Dey
It tracks, evaluates and scores all Indian States and UTs out of 100 across 16 indicators under three core themes: Transport Electrification Progress to capture demand-side adoption, Charging Infrastructure Readiness to track allied charging infrastructure development and EV Research and Innovation Status: Covers supply-side ecosystem R&D efforts.
The IEMI enables evaluation across states and union territories, identifying key drivers of success as well as areas requiring targeted interventions. The Index aims to inform decision-making, foster healthy competition among states, and promote the sharing of best practices.
The Index underscores the importance of state-level coordination, integrated planning, and cross-sectoral collaboration in achieving India’s electric mobility vision. By identifying strengths and gaps, the Index aims to support states in aligning with national goals while addressing local needs, NITI Aayog said in a statement.
Launching the IEMI dashboard and Report, Rajiv Gauba, Member, NITI Aayog, said, “The IEMI provides a transparent, comparative framework to assess progress across key themes such as electrification, infrastructure, and innovation. It enables states to benchmark their efforts, identify gaps, and learn from each other’s successes.”
BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog, added, “NITI Aayog has already been at the forefront of enabling the ongoing EV revolution. This index is yet another effort by NITI Aayog to propel India towards its vision of a decarbonised and energy-secure future.”
NITI Aayog also launched a report on ‘Unlocking a USD 200 Billion Opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India,’ which presents a timely and comprehensive assessment of current challenges while highlighting major unlocks essential to accelerate India’s Electric Mobility transition.
India seeks to attain a 30 percent share of electric vehicles in the total vehicles sold by 2030. “Sales of EVs in India went up from 50,000 in 2016 to 2.08 million in 2024, as against global EV sales having risen from 918,000 in 2016 to 18.78 million in 2024. Thus, India’s transition has been slow to start, but it is picking up. India’s EV penetration was only about one–fifth of the global penetration in 2020, but has picked up to over two-fifths of the global penetration in 2024. It continues to show an increasing trend, though relatively slow. This calls for measures to give a stronger push to the EV transition,” noted a statement from NITI Aayog.
Developed through extensive stakeholder consultations across 7 dedicated convenings held at NITI Aayog, the report has come out with multiple approaches to accelerate India’s EV transition. To kickstart the entire effort of accelerating the adoption of EVs, some actions have been recommended as the immediate next steps in the report.
The report serves as a blueprint for accelerating India’s EV transition. It identifies key barriers, strategic unlocks, and actionable recommendations to accelerate EV adoption. By enabling data-driven decisions and cross-sector collaboration, it supports a unified national push.
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