Government Takes Multi-Pronged Steps to Scale Up Energy Storage Capacity in the Country

• India's transition to a high-RE grid hinges on firming intermittent solar/wind with storage; CEA pegs the 2029-30 storage need at 60.63 GW / 336.4 GWh.
• The Centre is using a policy + fiscal + regulatory bundle (national framework, VGF, PLI-ACC, ISTS waiver, Energy Storage Obligation) — a classic GS-III "Energy/Infrastructure" case study.
• Relevant for Prelims (schemes, ministries, numbers) and Mains (energy transition, federal financing, climate commitments).