| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AFD | Agence Française de Développement |
| BEE | Bureau of Energy Efficiency |
| BEIS | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditures |
| CEEW | Council on Energy, Environment and Water |
| CEFIM | Clean Energy Finance and Investment Mobilisation |
| CGTMSE | Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises |
| CII | Confederation of Indian Industry |
| CLCSS | Credit-Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme |
| COP26 | 26th Conference of the Parties |
| COVID | Coronavirus disease |
| DEA | Department of Economic Affairs |
| DC-MSME | Development Commissioner of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| EEFP | Energy Efficiency Financing Platform |
| EESL | Energy Efficiency Services Limited |
| ESCO | Energy service company |
| ESI | Energy Savings Insurance |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ESMAP | Energy Sector Management Assistance Program |
| FEEED | Framework for Energy Efficient Economic Development |
| Fx | Foreign exchange |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GoI | Government of India |
| GW | Gigawatt |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IH2A | India H2 Alliance |
| INR | Indian Rupee |
| IREDA | Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency |
| JICA | Japanese International Co-operation Agency |
| KfW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau |
| LCOE | Levelised Cost of Electricity |
| LCOH | Levelised Cost of Hydrogen |
| LED | Light-emitting diode |
| MEPS | Minimum energy performance standards |
| MNRE | Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
| MoCI | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance |
| MoMSME | Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| MoP | Ministry of Power |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSME | Micro, small and medium enterprise |
| MTEE | Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency |
| MTOE | Million tonnes of oil equivalent |
| NAPCC | National Action Plan on Climate Change |
| NBFC | Non-banking financial company |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| NIP | National Infrastructure Pipeline |
| NMEE | National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency |
| NMRP | National Motor Replacement Programme |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| PAT | Perform, Achieve, Trade |
| PEM | Proton Exchange Membrane |
| PFC | Power Finance Corporation |
| PRGFEE | Partial Risk Guarantee Fund for Energy Efficiency |
| PRSF | Partial Risk Sharing Facility |
| PSL | Priority sector lending |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| ROSHANEE | Roadmap of Sustainable and Holistic Approach to National Energy Efficiency |
| RPO | Renewable Purchase Obligations |
| SAMEEKSHA | The Small and Medium Enterprises Energy Efficiency and Knowledge Sharing |
| SBI | State Bank of India |
| SECI | Solar Energy Corporation of India |
| SIDBI | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SIDHIEE | Simplified Digital Hands-on Information on Energy Efficiency |
| SME | Small and medium enterprise |
| SSEF | Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation |
| TCX | The Currency Exchange Fund |
| TEQUP | Technology and Quality Upgradation Support to MSMEs |
| TERI | The Energy and Resources Institute |
| TWh | Terawatt hour |
| UJALA | Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNIDO | United National Industrial Development Organization |
| UNNATEE | Unlocking National Energy Efficiency Potential |
| USD | United States Dollar |
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