RAS question
India's FAME scheme (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles) aims to:
Correct answer: (C) Promote electric and hybrid vehicle adoption through subsidies and infrastructure.
India's FAME scheme was designed to promote the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles through demand support, charging infrastructure and a domestic manufacturing ecosystem.
Explanation
FAME stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and) Electric Vehicles in India. The PIB note says it was formulated under the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan in 2015 to promote adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles in India. Its first phase supported hybrid and electric vehicle market development and the manufacturing ecosystem, while FAME-II aimed to encourage adoption through market creation, demand aggregation and related activities. FAME also supported charging stations and infrastructure, and FAME-II ran from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024. The scheme accelerated electric and hybrid mobility rather than banning petrol vehicles or producing another kind of fuel.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) FAME promotes electric and hybrid vehicle adoption, but it did not ban all petrol vehicles by 2025.
- (B) The scheme is tied to clean electric and hybrid mobility, charging infrastructure and domestic EV manufacturing, not to increasing fossil fuel production.
- (D) FAME concerns electric and hybrid vehicles and their ecosystem, not nuclear-powered vehicles.
Concept
Government schemes in Science and Technology include electric mobility policy and clean-transport incentives. FAME recurs in RAS because it links technology, manufacturing, infrastructure and environmental policy in one current-affairs theme.