<h1>Pumped storage policy to enable electricity storage and smooth integration of variable renewable energy into the grid.</h1> A policy for promoting pumped storage projects will be issued to enable electricity storage and smooth integration of variable renewable energy. The Budget expands the list of exempted capital goods for solar cell and panel manufacture while discontinuing customs duty exemptions for solar glass and tinned copper interconnect. The Government will support R&D and private sector partnership for small nuclear reactors and fund indigenous deployment of Advanced Ultra Super Critical thermal technology through a public joint venture with fiscal support, alongside a roadmap to shift hard to abate industries from energy efficiency to emission targets and into the Indian Carbon Market.