India's green hydrogen mission is high on ambition but low on resources

Centre must boost support through grants, carbon taxes, and procurement mandates to achieve global H2 hub aspirations

India’s green hydrogen journey is high on ambition, but low on resources to make it work. New Delhi will need to step up support in the form of grants, carbon taxes, and procurement mandates if it harbors hopes of becoming a global H2 hub.

Take the case of the country’s first federal level green hydrogen tender that is offering incentives for production of the fuel under the government’s Rs19,744 crores hydrogen mission. The idea was to turn India into a global hydrogen hub, a super-supplier of clean, cheap fuels to the world, and achieve a target of 5 million tonnes a