The government will re-invite bids for the production linked incentives (PLI) for 20 GWh (Gigawatt hours) Advanced Chemistry Cell manufacturing as early as this month itself, a senior official said.
The empowered group of secretaries on PLI is expected to approve the Request for Proposal document shortly thereafter expression of interest (EoI) from manufacturers would be invited, the official she did not wish to be named said.
The Government approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme ‘National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage’ for achieving manufacturing capacity of 50 GWh of ACC for enhancing India’s Manufacturing Capabilities with a budgetary outlay of Rs 18,100 crore in May 2021.