The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has further extended the validation of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles or FAME II scheme for a period of three months. The validity was previously extended in July this year to the end of September 2020 and this is the second extension to the scheme for electric vehicles. All registered automakers under the FAME II scheme will now be able to avail the benefits till December 31, 2020. The extension applies to all approved electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers with-effect-from October 1, 2020. However, there is yet no clarity about bigger vehicles like electric buses.