Karnataka Clean Mobility Policy 2025–30 — What CPOs Get

Karnataka's Clean Mobility Policy 2025–30 replaces the earlier EV & Energy Storage Policy and takes a different approach to Tamil Nadu's. Where TN writes cheques per charger, Karnataka mostly solves land and grid access — which, if you have ever tried to site a DC hub in Bengaluru, may be the more valuable of the two.

The headline numbers

The policy targets ₹50,000 crore of investment and one lakh jobs across the clean-mobility value chain, and establishes three dedicated clusters with land and infrastructure support: Gauribidanur (825 acres), Chikkamalligewada (1,000 acres) and Harohalli (700 acres). These are most relevant to manufacturing and battery-swap-adjacent businesses rather than a single-site charging operator.

The part CPOs should actually use: the BESCOM portal

BESCOM operates the EV Charging & Battery Swapping Land Aggregator Portal at evkarnataka.bescom.org as a single window connecting landowners, investors and charge point operators. It already lists 5,900+ operational public charging stations and 200+ battery swapping stations across the state, and publishes standard station layout models — from highway fast-charging configurations sized for 3–8 EVs under PM E-DRIVE, up to an EV Hub-3G format spanning as much as 10 acres.

Why a land portal beats a capex grant

The binding constraint on charging rollout in Bengaluru is not money. It is finding a parcel that simultaneously has traffic, parking geometry, and a feeder with spare capacity. A capital subsidy does not create that parcel; a state-run aggregator that pre-matches land to grid feasibility does. If you own land near a Bengaluru arterial, an NH corridor, or a Mysuru/Mangaluru commercial node, listing it is the fastest route to a viable project.

BESCOM is also your PM E-DRIVE nodal agency

This is the strategic point. BESCOM aggregates demand for PM E-DRIVE's charging window in Karnataka, so the same agency handling your land match also handles the up to 80% upstream infrastructure subsidy and the connection sanction. Running land identification, load feasibility and the subsidy application as one conversation rather than three saves months.

What is not in the policy

Be clear-eyed: Karnataka does not currently publish a Tamil-Nadu-style per-charger cash subsidy with defined caps for private CPOs. Model your Karnataka sites on PM E-DRIVE infra support plus commercial EV tariff treatment, and treat any state-level capital support as upside rather than a line in the base case.

Getting the connection right

Under the Ministry of Power's guidelines (as amended through 17 September 2024), charging is an unlicensed activity and BESCOM/MESCOM/CESC must provide connections on a priority, demand-note basis. Apply on the correct commercial EV category from the outset — getting reclassified after energisation is slow and you will have paid the wrong demand charges in the meantime.

Where we operate in Karnataka

PixellEnergy builds and runs stations in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru, with BESCOM-compliant installations, an OCPP 2.0.1 CSMS, live site cameras, downtime alerting and 99.5% uptime.

Next step

If you hold land in Karnataka, list it on the BESCOM aggregator and send it to us — we will run an independent feasibility on traffic, load and hub sizing, and tell you honestly whether it supports a Mini, True or Mega Hub. If you want to operate rather than just host, partner with PixellEnergy: turnkey build in 90 days, zero franchise commission on charging revenue.