1. INTRODUCTION
On March 15, 2024, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
("MNRE") raised the flag for a novel
initiative under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (hereinafter
referred to as the
"Mission")1. MNRE published
guidelines for implementation for the research and development
scheme for development of green hydrogen energy in India
("R&D Scheme") along with the first
call for proposals ("CfP")2
under the Mission. This R&D Scheme aims to develop dedicated
research institutions to forge and foster the necessary ecosystem
for development of a green hydrogen economy in India.
The Mission was formally notified in detail on January 04, 2023,
with a budget outlay of INR 19,744 crore (Indian Rupees Nineteen
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-Four Crores). The Mission has a
separate corpus of INR 17,490 Crore (Indian Rupees Seventeen
Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety Crores) allocated under the
Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition
(SIGHT)
