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♤ The National Solar Mission is a major initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenge.
Objective
♤ 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.
♤ The Mission will adopt 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.
♤ At the end of each plan, and mid-term during the 12th and 13th Plans, there will be an evaluation of progress, review of capacity and targets for subsequent phases, based on emerging cost and technology trends, both domestic and global.
♤ The aim would be to protect Government from subsidy exposure in case expected cost reduction does not materialize or is more rapid than expected.
♤ The first phase (up to 2013) will focus on capturing of the low hanging options in solar thermal; on promoting off-grid systems to serve populations without access to commercial energy and modest capacity addition in grid-based systems.
♤ In the second phase, after taking into account the experience of the initial years, capacity will be aggressively ramped up to create conditions for up scaled and competitive solar energy penetration in the country.
Mission targets are:
♤ To create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 100 MW of solar power by 2022.
♤ The Centre has revised cumulative targets under National Solar Mission from 20,000 MW by 2021-22 to 1,00,000 MW- a quantum jump.
♤ The target will principally comprise of 40 GW Rooftop and 60 GW through Large and Medium Scale Grid Connected Solar Power Projects.
Objective
♤ Promoting innovative policy and regulatory regimes, financing mechanisms, and business models which not only create, but also sustain markets for energy efficiency in a transparent manner with clear
deliverables to be achieved in a time bound manner.
Mission Goals
♤ Market-based approaches to unlock energy efficiency opportunities, estimated to be about Rs. 74,000 Crores
By 2014-15:
♤ Annual fuel savings in excess of 23 million toe
♤ Cumulative avoided electricity capacity addition of 19,000 MW
♤ CO2 emission mitigation of 98 million tons per year
♤ Four New Initiatives to Enhance Energy Efficiency:
a) Perform Achieve and Trade
b) Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency
c) Energy Efficiency Financing Platform (EEP)
d) Framework for Energy Efficient Economic Development (FEEED)
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In Kaziranga, which has the highest concentration of the one-horned rhinoceros, the figure has gone up from 2,048 in 2009 to 2,990 now, despite the death of roughly 120 rhinos between 2009 and 2011. The rhino census, also registered 100 rhinos in Orang National Park and 93 in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, besides 22 that have been translocated to Manas National Park over the past four years.