Green Energy & Climate Action Challenge under Bharat Startup Grand Challenge
Pays up to INR 5 lakh to Indian climate-tech and green-energy startups.
The Green Energy & Climate Action Challenge sits under DPIIT's wider Bharat Startup Grand Challenge, aimed at Bharat's green and sustainable transition. It is open to startups at idea, prototype, MVP or early-revenue stage working in renewable and decentralised energy, waste-to-energy and circular technologies, or energy storage, carbon and ESG technology. Selected startups receive a financial rew…
The challenge wants scalable solutions in renewable and decentralized energy, waste-to-energy and circular technologies, and energy storage, carbon or ESG technology. It targets gaps in clean-energy access, circular-economy adoption and climate action as part of DPIIT's Bharat Startup Grand Challenge.
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