India is accelerating its efforts to become a global leader in green hydrogen production, use and export under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), said Union Minister Pralhad Joshi at the inaugural session of the 3rd International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH‑2025) in New Delhi. He emphasised that green hydrogen should now be viewed “as an economic necessity, not just an option.
Under the mission, India has already awarded incentives for domestic electrolyser manufacturing capacity of 3,000 MW per annum and for producing around 8.62 lakh metric tonnes per annum of green hydrogen. The country also discovered the lowest global price for green ammonia at ₹49.75 per kg for production of 7.24 lakh tonnes per annum.
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The NGHM has an outlay of ₹19,744 crore, aiming to mobilize over ₹8 lakh crore in investments, create about six lakh jobs, and save roughly ₹1 lakh crore in fossil-fuel imports annually. The mission’s scope spans heavy industry, transport, and shipping—sectors where decarbonization has been hardest to achieve.
In a move to drive innovation, the ministry launched a ₹100 crore “Call for Proposals” for pilot projects focused on producing green hydrogen from biomass and waste materials. With costs of renewable-energy inputs already among the lowest globally and significant expansion in wind and hydro capacity underway, India expects to leverage its clean-energy base to power this hydrogen revolution.
For the manufacturing and heavy-industry sectors, the scale-up of green hydrogen production in India signals a major shift: from import-dependence and fossil fuels to renewable-driven competitiveness and export readiness.
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