The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance has issued a Gazette Notification granting infrastructure status to dense charging infrastructure.
The Hon’ble Finance Minister earlier in this year’s budget speech had announced that Data Centers and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) including dense charging infrastructure and grid-scale battery systems will be included in the harmonized list of infrastructure.
The dense charging infrastructure is included Energy category.
Granting of Infrastructure Status is expected to in the long term enhance access to financing options & credit for undertaking massive expansion in charging infrastructure & ESS projects.