Currently, the cost of battery-based energy storage in India is INR 10. The government has launched viability gap funding and Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes to make battery storage affordable. According to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), energy storage systems play a critical role in supporting India's renewable energy targets and ensuring grid stability as solar and wind capacity continues to expand. 5 INR/kWh Our analysis, based on implied solar and storage costs from these bids and bottom-up global cost estimates, shows that a.