Currently, with only a couple of operational hydrogen filling stations, the push is on to engage private participants in building additional dispensing facilities locally, two senior government officials aware of the plans told Mint on condition of anonymity.
A specialized steering committee, composed of officials from the ministry of road transport and highways, the ministry of new and renewable energy, and including the Principal Scientific Adviser to the government, is scheduled to convene in August or September. This committee’s objective is to develop recommendations and an action plan to create hydrogen corridors, promote domestic storage of hydrogen and dispensing infrastructure, and standardize hydrogen storage pressure in India. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari will chair the meeting. The ministry is a key stakeholder in India’s National Hydrogen Mission and the…
