Rooftop solar plus storage helps in reduction of transmission and distribution losses for state distribution companies (discoms) and defers investments in transmission infrastructure.

Timely monetisation of mature road assets through the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) route will be a critical determining factor in plugging the shortfall in budgetary allocations and fetch requisite funding to support ambitious execution targets set for the Bharatmala programme.

Shailesh Pathak, CEO, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects recommends that even as India moves towards becoming the world's third largest economy by the next decade, the infrastructure sector needs to focus on the timely execution of projects.

"We are seeing tremendous interest from various segments of customers on advanced energy storage technologies," observes Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).

With India's vision of energy security and increasing clean energy portfolio, battery storage solutions have a crucial role to play in stabilising the grid, opines Venkatesh Dwivedi, Director (Projects), Energy Efficiency Services.

As the Indian economy grows, consumption-led growth in populated metros is likely to spread to the neighbouring areas. In this scenario, improved air connectivity can give the required push towards economic growth of regional centres (towns/cities).

How far is India from witnessing a turnaround in its capital expenditure (capex) cycle? No, the answer to this question is not "just one general election away".

The month of April is all set to narrate Shahrukh Khan's famous dialogue, "don't under estimate the power of the common man".

Embarking on the journey of complete transformation from fossil-fuel dominance to clean sources of energy, India has made headway by deliberating and planning for the long term.