PM Modi did not announce the highly anticipated FAME 2 scheme that is expected to lay down fiscal incentives for electric cars, two wheelers and charging stations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the second phase of the FAME India scheme here on September 7 at India's First Global Mobility Summit 'MOVE', Union Minister Anant Geete said Wednesday.

The current decision is in contrast with the Centre's earlier stance of avoiding the additional financial burden that the government would incur in incentivising buyers under the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme.

It was Dr. Volkmar Denners second visit to India since he became the top boss at Bosch, the world's biggest automotive component manufacturer. It could not have come at a more remarkable time. The Dieselgate scandal of 2015 has just taken a turn for the worse with the arrest of Audi CEO Rupert Stadler last week. For a staunch proponent of the technology, there is much at stake for Bosch on how this controversy plays out. While Denner is concerned with the loss of credibility of the industry, he is also looking beyond the immediate. Taking an hour out of his three-day India tour, Denner shares with Sumant Banerji his vision on electric mobility, the need to straddle various technologies and Bosch's big plans in India that include a Rs 1,700 crore investment roadmap over the next three years. Edited excerpts:

India has drawn up ambitious electric mobility plans to reduce pollution and dependence on fossil fuels but the country's electric grid will need a massive overhaul? for the plan to succeed.

Five-year-old electric vehicle start-up Ather Energy, which is backed by country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp and e-commerce giant Flipkart's founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, on Tuesday launched its first two electric scooters in Bangalore at Rs 1.09-1.24 lakh.

India's largest automobile manufacturer Tata Motors on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)with the state government of Maharashtra to deploy 1,000 electric vehicles (EVs), comprising both passenger and commercial vehicles, in the state.

Apart from this, the government has also approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis.

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The company plans to sell over two lakh units in three years. Its Haryana manufacturing facility will be up and running by the second quarter, rolling out 50,000 vehicles every year with an investment of $70 million.

Online auto marketplace Droom has launched an electric vehicles category. The portfolio of electric vehicles include offerings from companies like Hero Electric, Yobykes, Okinawa Scooters, and Mahindra.