Summary
The plan will add new high‑capacity wires inside each state and big battery storage units
It aims to move up to 135 gigawatts of clean power and keep electricity prices lower
Key Points
3 points1
Total cost of the plan is about 1.86 lakh crore Indian rupees, with most money for new wires
2
Around 50,000 crore Indian rupees will fund big battery storage systems that hold 50 gigawatt‑hours of electricity
3
The project will create direct and indirect jobs in power, building, and factory work
New Words to Learn
12 wordsrenewable energy
energy that comes from natural sources like the sun and wind
transmission system
big network of wires that moves electricity over long distances
gigawatt
a very large amount of power
financial year
the 12‑month period the government uses for budgeting
battery storage system
big batteries that keep electricity for later use
intermittency
when power from the sun or wind is not steady
congestion
when too much electricity tries to travel through the same wires
curtailment
when some power has to be stopped because the wires are full
carbon footprint
the amount of pollution a person or activity creates
employment
jobs
manufacturing
making things in factories
grid
the whole network that brings electricity to homes
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