What all the government is doing to improve the generation of solar energy in the country; here’s a round-up

Clarifying their efforts towards improving India’s solar power generation capacity, R.K. Singh, Union Minister of State (IC), Minister of Power, Minister of New and Renewable Energy and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, briefed the Rajya Sabha the steps taken by the government on Tuesday.

The target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by December 2022 was announced by the minister last year. Solar projects commissioned up to the same period shall be exempted from Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar power. Further, up to 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has also been permitted under the automatic route.

Distribution licensees would be notified about standard bidding guidelines to aid them in procuring solar and wind power at competitive rates in a cost-effective and transparent way, stated Singh. Norms for following the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to 2022 has been declared, he added.


The Green Energy Corridor project has been put in place to support the grid integration of large scale renewable energy capacity addition.

Stakeholders are being notified about the quality standards guidelines for deploying solar photovoltaic systems/devices.

Several schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan Yojana (PM-KUSUM), CPSU (Government Producers) Scheme - Phase II and Solar Rooftop Phase II program aimed at the improvement of the generation as well as the adoption of solar energy in the country have been introduced.

At the lattermost part of the brief, Singh also mentioned, “In last three years, Ministry has not sanctioned any Model Solar City.”

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