New Delhi, April 18 -- Power transmission projects worth nearly Rs.5 trillion are currently under bidding or execution across India, according to a senior official from the ministry of power.

This large pipeline comes at a time when transmission infrastructure has emerged as a bottleneck in expanding renewable energy capacity and meeting the country's rapidly rising power demand.

To achieve 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030, the government has planned significant transmission expansion.

In FY26, transmission projects worth Rs.1 trillion cleared the National Committee on Transmission stage, while projects worth Rs.1.47 trillion progressed beyond the special purpose vehicle stage.

The government's broader objective is to build ...