<h1>Advanced energy storage urged ahead of Union Budget 2026 to enable large-scale battery deployment and finance-friendly policies.</h1> Advocacy for policies enabling large-scale battery storage deployment is urged to integrate storage infrastructure with renewable projects, resulting in accelerated industry expansion and grid reliability. Recommendations call for financing interventions to support project financing and alleviate supply-chain bottlenecks, thereby enabling scalable renewable and rooftop solar initiatives. A policy emphasis on workforce development and skills enhancement is proposed to strengthen long-term industry competitiveness, resulting in enhanced employment generation. The note links these prescriptions to the national objective of increasing storage-backed and hybrid renewable capacity to support round-the-clock clean power as non-fossil capacity scales toward national targets.