New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- India's ambitious plan to build large-scale manufacturing capacity for advanced chemistry cells (ACCs) used in industrial batteries under its flagship production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is headed for a significant course correction.

According to two people aware of the matter, the Union heavy industries ministry is weighing extensions and easier localization norms for the beneficiaries of the Rs.18,100-crore PLI-ACC scheme that was announced in 2021.

This comes in the backdrop of the scheme's limited success. The plan was to have 50 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of output capacity ready by December 2024, but as of this June, just about 1.4GWh of Ola was ready, according to data provided by Union heavy industries ministe...