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6.1.5 Installed capacity - India


The current installed capacity of solar in grid connected power crossed 10,000 MW, as on 2017, as per MNRE estimates.

A major initiative called ‘The National Solar Mission’ was formulated by Government of India and its state governments.

One of the main features of the Mission is to make India a global leader in solar energy and the mission envisages an installed solar generation capacity of 100 GW (revised target) by 2022.