India’s cleantech startup ecosystem is set to receive a fillip from the measures announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2026 speech.
For starters, an outlay of INR 20,000 Cr over the next five years paves the way for a new scheme that focusses on the adoption of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).
Besides, the Budget also extended basic customs duty (BCD) exemptions on capital goods used for manufacturing lithium-ion cells and critical mineral processing, along with introducing new BCD exemptions…

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