“…Further, land availability is also a constraint for the growth of IRE capacity in densely populated states where land is required for agriculture, livestock, industries, and infrastructure (Lok Sabha, 2020). Das and Srikanth (2023) have also highlighted the need for deeper power distribution sector reforms in India to enable the decarbonization of the electricity sector. On the other hand, solar parks occupying substantial land in the States of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan employ few people in the operations phase (Kaur, 2022;Mehrotra, 2022;Nagaraj, 2022).…”