Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2021

This supplementary annex to 'Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2021' provides detailed background and financial data for specific energy subsidies that changed significantly since 2020, covering electric buses, energy conservation, and oil and gas infrastructure and research.

• The Central government provides a concessional GST rate of 12% for electric buses to reduce their market cost, compared to a 28% rate for fossil fuel vehicles. The subsidy amount conferred grew from 0.6 INR crore in FY 2014 to 127.9 INR crore in FY 2020.
• Under the Energy Conservation Act 2001, the Ministry of Power uses the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to implement conservation initiatives in commercial buildings, household lighting, municipal/agricultural demand-side management, and appliance labelling. Funding for these schemes reached 96 INR crore (14 USD million) in FY 2020.
• The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) provides support to the northeastern region by regulating the prices of other fuels and domestic natural gas to encourage industrial development, a practice in place since 2006.
• The Phulpur Dhamra Haldia Pipeline Project, active since 2016, is a 2,539 km natural gas pipeline designed to connect the National Gas Grid to West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. The subsidy conferred for this project increased to 1,552 INR crore in FY 2020.
• The National Seismic Programme (NSP), launched in 2016, aims to increase the understanding of India's hydrocarbon potential by appraising sedimentary basins, with a specific focus on the Mahanadi basin.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2021). Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2021. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-07/mapping-india-energy-subsidies-2021-annex.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2021. 2021. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-07/mapping-india-energy-subsidies-2021-annex.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2021mapping, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Mapping India’s Energy Subsidies 2021}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2021}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-07/mapping-india-energy-subsidies-2021-annex.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }