Indian Industry Plus A Pratisrutiplus Suppliment
The Ministry of Heavy Industries is administering the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, namely “National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage”, approved in May, 2021 with a total outlay of ₹18,100 crore to establish 50 GWh of domestic Advanced Chemistry Cell manufacturing capacity.
Out of the total targeted 50 GWh capacity, 40 GWhhas been awarded to four beneficiary firms. As reported by the beneficiary firms, a cumulative investment of ₹3,237 crore and employment generation of 1,118 have been achieved under the scheme, till 31.12.2025.
This initiative of the Government of India has acted as a catalyst for Indian cell manufacturers to setup cell manufacturing units. Besides the PLI ACC scheme applicants, at least 10 manufacturers have announced a cumulative capacity of about 178 GWh in the country over the next five years.Further, PLI ACC scheme has raised demand for components like cathode active materials, anode active materials, foils, etc. Indian manufacturers have announced component manufacturing & recycling units.
Till date, no beneficiary firm has claimed any incentive under the PLI ACC scheme, and beneficiary-wise details of the capacity awarded and the actual capacity installed are as under:
| Sl. No. | Beneficiary firms under PLI ACC Scheme | Capacity Awarded
(in GWh) |
Capacity Installed
(in GWh) |
| 1. | ACC Energy Storage Pvt. Ltd. | 5 | 0 |
| 2. | Ola Cell Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | 20 | 1 |
| 3. | Reliance New Energy Battery Storage Ltd. | 5 | 0 |
| 4. | Reliance New Energy Battery Ltd. | 10 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 40 | 1 |
The PLIACC schemeisdesigned to build indigenous manufacturing to reduce the dependency on imports for ACCs.However, there is no restriction on the import of ACCs.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
