Additional incentives to taper the operating costs, transmission, and distribution (T&D) costs, wheeling charges for electricity and specific local duties and taxes like goods and service taxes can also be provided through specific policies and incentives. The Union Budget 2023 made substantial inroads in the green hydrogen sector by planning an outlay of INR 19700 crore particularly under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme, which alone had an allocation of INR 17,490 crore.
