A senior official of the ministry of heavy industries (MHI) has visited the closed factory and township of Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) at Rupnarayanpur in West Burdwan district, raising fresh hopes of new investment in the area.
The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has issued operational guidelines which earmark an outlay of Rs 2,000 crore for offering subsidies of up to 100 per cent for setting up public charging stations for electric vehicles in cities and across highways under the Rs 10,900 crore PM E-DRIVE scheme.
The application window will be open from June 24, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. and will close on October 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Applications can be submitted through the dedicated portal: spmepci.heavyindustries.gov.in.
The ministry of heavy industries (MHI) has set a target to set up solar based 321 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the national highways in West Bengal, out of a total target of 5,833 EV charging stations in the country.
