India, Jan. 30 -- The Union Budget for FY26-27 arrives at a critical moment for India's energy transition. After several years of rapid policy expansion, the challenge is no longer one of intent or ambition, but of execution. Flagship programmes across power distribution, rooftop solar and agricultural energy have laid strong foundations, yet they remain constrained by gaps between financial allocations, institutional capacity and last-mile delivery.

How the upcoming Budget responds to these constraints will determine whether India's clean energy push continues as a collection of schemes or evolves into a coherent, system-level transformation. At the heart of this transition lies the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), which is m...