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

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development maps the magnitude and trends of energy subsidies in India, focusing on the shift in government support from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

• 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).
• While the majority of energy expenditure continues to support fossil fuels and a fossil-fuel-dominated electricity system, there is a trend of decreasing fossil-fuel subsidies and increasing subsidies for renewable energy.
• The report categorizes subsidies into coal, oil and gas, and renewable energy, as well as electricity transmission and distribution (T&D), which primarily benefit coal due to its dominance in electricity generation. Subsidies for large hydropower and nuclear power were not included because of a lack of data.

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} }