Mint Explainer | How new land compensation rules could speed up India’s clean energy transition
During April-August of fiscal year 2027 (FY27), India installed 4,301 circuit kilometres (ckm) of transmission lines, against a target of 7,403 ckm, according to Central Electricity Authority data. Separately, a report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) in October 2025 estimated that around 50 GW of renewable energy capacity remained stranded across India because of transmission bottlenecks.
