India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India

The report analyzes India's energy subsidies across coal, oil, gas, and renewable energy, noting a significant decrease in central government expenditure on energy subsidies between FY2014 and FY2016. While fossil fuels still receive the majority of support, the data indicates a trend of declining fossil-fuel subsidies and increasing support for renewables.

• Central government energy subsidies in India decreased significantly from FY2014 to FY2016, falling from INR 216,408 crore (USD 35.8 billion) to INR 133,841 crore (USD 20.4 billion).
• Despite the continued dominance of fossil-fuel support in the electricity system, there is an observable shift in priorities characterized by a sharp decrease in fossil-fuel subsidies and a rise in renewable energy subsidies.
• The report categorizes subsidies by energy type—coal, oil and gas, and renewable energy—and includes electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) subsidies, which primarily benefit coal due to its role in electricity generation. Subsidies for large hydropower and nuclear power were omitted because of data unavailability.

APA

Tripathi,, V. G. G. B. R. B. W. W. S. P. C. G. J. M. S. (2017). India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/indias-energy-transition-mapping-subsidies-fossil-fuels-and-clean-energy-india

Chicago

Tripathi,, Vibhuti Garg,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Christopher Beaton,Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay,Shelagh Whitley,Leah Worrall,Andrew Scott,Sejal Patel,Gurpreet Chugh,Ajit Gupta,Apurva Jain,Ramit Malhotra,Garima Sodhi,Sagun. India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/indias-energy-transition-mapping-subsidies-fossil-fuels-and-clean-energy-india.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tripathi2017indias, author = {Tripathi,, Vibhuti Garg,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Christopher Beaton,Kaushik Ranjan Bandyopadhyay,Shelagh Whitley,Leah Worrall,Andrew Scott,Sejal Patel,Gurpreet Chugh,Ajit Gupta,Apurva Jain,Ramit Malhotra,Garima Sodhi,Sagun}, title = {{India's Energy Transition: Mapping subsidies to fossil fuels and clean energy in India}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/indias-energy-transition-mapping-subsidies-fossil-fuels-and-clean-energy-india}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }