Renewable energy in India

The Constitution of India specifies the distribution of executive and legislative powers between the Union and States. ‘Electricity’ is listed in the concurrent list under the Constitution of India and the Central/Union Parliament and state legislatures have concurrent powers to enact laws on this subject. Therefore, both the Union and state legislatures can enact laws on ‘electricity’. However, the laws enacted by the Union Parliament will override the laws enacted by state legislature in the event of inconsistency or conflict. The Electricity Act 2003 (Electricity Act) enacted by the Union Parliament provides the framework for generation, transmission, distribution, trading and use of electricity in India