Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission "Solar India"



On Monday 11, January, 2010, PM Dr. Manmohan Singh Launched "Solar India" mission which aims at development and deployment of solar energy technologies in the country to achieve parity with grid power tariff by
2022.

The objective of the National Solar Mission is to establish India as a global leader in solar energy, by creating the policy conditions for its diffusion across the country as quickly as possible.

It is a 3-phase approach, spanning the remaining period of
the 11th Plan and first year of the 12th Plan (up to 2012-13) as Phase 1, the remaining 4 years of the 12th Plan (2013-17) as Phase 2 and the 13th Plan (2017-22) as Phase 3.


To achieve this, the Mission targets are:

1. To create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022.

2. To ramp up capacity of grid-connected solar power generation to 1000 MW
within three years – by 2013; an additional 3000 MW by 2017 through the
mandatory use of the renewable purchase obligation by utilities backed with a preferential tariff. This capacity can be more than doubled – reaching 10,000MW installed power by 2017 or more, based on the enhanced and enabled international finance and technology transfer. The ambitious target for 2022 of 20,000 MW or more, will be dependent on the ‘learning’ of the first two phases, which if successful, could lead to conditions of grid-competitive solar power. The transition could be appropriately up scaled, based on availability of international finance and technology.

3. To create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability, particularly solar thermal for indigenous production and market leadership.

4. To promote programmes for off grid applications, reaching 2000 MW by 2022 including 20 million solar lighting systems.

5. To achieve 20 million sq. solar thermal collector area by 2022.

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal Ministry of the Government of India for all matters relating to new and renewable energy. The broad aim of the Ministry is to develop and deploy new and renewable energy for supplementing the energy requirements of the country.