India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI)
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: ET
Context: NITI Aayog has launched the India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) 2024, a first-of-its-kind national tool to track and rank the performance of States/UTs in the electric vehicle (EV) transition.
About India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI):
• What it is? The India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) is a national benchmarking framework that scores all States and Union Territories out of 100 based on their progress in e-mobility adoption, infrastructure readiness, and innovation efforts.
• The India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) is a national benchmarking framework that scores all States and Union Territories out of 100 based on their progress in e-mobility adoption, infrastructure readiness, and innovation efforts.
• Launched By: NITI Aayog.
• Objective: To evaluate, compare, and guide States/UTs on their EV transition journey and help align them with national decarbonisation targets by 2070.
• Core Themes & Evaluation Criteria:
• IEMI assesses states on 16 indicators under 3 broad categories:
• Transport Electrification Progress: Tracks adoption of electric vehicles across passenger, freight, and public transport segments. Charging Infrastructure Readiness: Assesses deployment of public and private charging stations and policy frameworks supporting EV infra. EV Research and Innovation Ecosystem: Evaluates R&D ecosystem, manufacturing capacity, and technological advancements in EV components.
• Transport Electrification Progress: Tracks adoption of electric vehicles across passenger, freight, and public transport segments.
• Charging Infrastructure Readiness: Assesses deployment of public and private charging stations and policy frameworks supporting EV infra.
• EV Research and Innovation Ecosystem: Evaluates R&D ecosystem, manufacturing capacity, and technological advancements in EV components.
• Key Features:
• Comparative Scoring: All states are scored on a 0–100 scale, offering transparent and data-backed performance tracking. Dashboard Access: An interactive IEMI dashboard allows real-time comparison, ranking, and insights across states. Encourages Competition: Promotes healthy federal competition and peer learning among states. Policy Guidance Tool: Helps identify gaps and best practices to guide future interventions and fund allocations. Cross-Sectoral Utility: Supports inter-ministerial coordination, investment planning, and capacity building.
• Comparative Scoring: All states are scored on a 0–100 scale, offering transparent and data-backed performance tracking.
• Dashboard Access: An interactive IEMI dashboard allows real-time comparison, ranking, and insights across states.
• Encourages Competition: Promotes healthy federal competition and peer learning among states.
• Policy Guidance Tool: Helps identify gaps and best practices to guide future interventions and fund allocations.
• Cross-Sectoral Utility: Supports inter-ministerial coordination, investment planning, and capacity building.
• Trends and Rankings in India Electric Mobility Index 2024: Top Performers: Delhi, Maharashtra, and Chandigarh emerged as the top three states/UTs overall in electric mobility readiness and innovation. Key National Trends: EV Share in Total Vehicle Sales: Rose from 5% in 2018 to 7.7% in 2024, marking exponential adoption. Total EVs on Road: Surpassed 5 million by June 2025, with 12 lakh EVs registered in 2024 alone. EV Charging Infrastructure: Over 25,000 public charging stations were installed by October 2024. Karnataka has the highest number of installations. Policy Spread: 29 states/UTs have notified EV policies and 4 more are in the draft stage, ensuring pan-India policy coverage. Significance of IEMI:
• Top Performers: Delhi, Maharashtra, and Chandigarh emerged as the top three states/UTs overall in electric mobility readiness and innovation.
• Delhi, Maharashtra, and Chandigarh emerged as the top three states/UTs overall in electric mobility readiness and innovation.
• Key National Trends: EV Share in Total Vehicle Sales: Rose from 5% in 2018 to 7.7% in 2024, marking exponential adoption. Total EVs on Road: Surpassed 5 million by June 2025, with 12 lakh EVs registered in 2024 alone. EV Charging Infrastructure: Over 25,000 public charging stations were installed by October 2024. Karnataka has the highest number of installations. Policy Spread: 29 states/UTs have notified EV policies and 4 more are in the draft stage, ensuring pan-India policy coverage.
• EV Share in Total Vehicle Sales: Rose from 5% in 2018 to 7.7% in 2024, marking exponential adoption.
• Total EVs on Road: Surpassed 5 million by June 2025, with 12 lakh EVs registered in 2024 alone.
• EV Charging Infrastructure: Over 25,000 public charging stations were installed by October 2024. Karnataka has the highest number of installations.
• Karnataka has the highest number of installations.
• Policy Spread: 29 states/UTs have notified EV policies and 4 more are in the draft stage, ensuring pan-India policy coverage.
• Significance of IEMI:
• Promotes Green Mobility: Aligns sub-national efforts with India’s net-zero by 2070 roadmap. Enhances Infrastructure Planning: Highlights gaps in charging networks, guiding state-level infrastructure rollouts. Supports Make in India & R&D: Boosts EV manufacturing ecosystems and supports domestic innovation clusters.
• Promotes Green Mobility: Aligns sub-national efforts with India’s net-zero by 2070 roadmap.
• Enhances Infrastructure Planning: Highlights gaps in charging networks, guiding state-level infrastructure rollouts.
• Supports Make in India & R&D: Boosts EV manufacturing ecosystems and supports domestic innovation clusters.