Mapping Government Support for Energy Transition – Lessons from India

Carefully designed energy support measures—subsidies, public utilities’ investments, and public finance institutions’ lending—and government’s energy revenues play a key role in a country’s transition to clean energy. In India, over USD 77 billion of support was provided to the energy sector. This session provides a framework for tracking a country’s progress towards its Net Zero targets and provides a detailed assessment of how aligned is India’s government support in reaching its Net Zero targets.

Swasti Raizada

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Swasti Raizada is a Policy Advisor at IISD with experience in policy studies and financial modeling for energy transition. She has advised national and state utilities, multilateral donors and electricity regulators on business planning, impact assessment studies and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining IISD, she was a Deputy Manager at Deloitte Consulting’s Energy and Resources practice where she led engagements on a range of technologies like battery storage, hydropower and solar PV.

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