India's energy storage requirement is projected to increase more than tenfold over the next decade, rising from 87 GWh in 2027-28 to 888 GWh by 2035-36, driven by rapid deployment of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and Pumped Storage Plants (PSPs), according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation's (MoSPI) latest quarterly update of its infrastructure Performance Monitoring Dashboard.