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No.30/80/2014-1 5/NSM

Government of India

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (NSM Coord. Group)

Block No. 14. CGO Complex, Lodhi Road

New Delhi 1 10003, dated July 2015

^_RESOLUTION

Subject:- Scaling up of Grid Connected Solar Power Projects from 20,000 M W by the year 2021-22, to MW by the year 2021-22 under National Solar Mission.

Government of India has decided to revise the National Solar Mission target of Grid Connected Solar Power Projects from 20,000 M W by the year 2021-22 to M W by the year 202 1-22.

2. The above capacity is proposed to be echieved through deployment of 40.000 M W of Rooftop Solar Projects and 60,000 M W Large tnd Medium Scale Solar Projects, as detailed under:

(i)       Grid-connected rooftop Solar PV

Target of 40,000 M W of grid-connected rooftop is being proposed for the next 7 years. This capacity will come up through the institutional sector (hospitals, educational institutions, etc.), industrial & commercial sector and the housing sector thereby targeting all types of spare roof space available in the country.

(ii)     Medium & Large Scale Grid Connected Solar Power

The target for this category proposed to be kept at 60,000M W will come up through Medium & Large Scale Grid Connected Solar Power projects including projects in Solar Parks, projects connected to spare, sub-stations of distribution network at 33 KV and below by unemployed graduates and farmers and projects on land outside the solar

3. The Year-wise Targets to be achieved to accomplish the Scale-up Target of 1,00,000 M W are as under:-

*3,743 MW commissioned upto 2014-15

4. The year-wise targets and the breakup between ground mounted and rooftop solar as given above can be modified with the approval of Minister, NRE if considered essential after observing progress during the implementation period for smooth implementation.

5. The three separate Government of India supported schemes of capacity 19,200 M W with financial allocation of Rs. 1 5,050/- crore will be launched through separate orders.

6. The proposed revised target of NSM of M W will require active cooperation from various Ministries/Departments of Government of India and State Governments.

7. The MNRE may issue detailed Actio. Plan for achieving the above target.

8. With this Resolution, this Ministry's Resolution No.5/14/2008-P&C dated 1 1 .01 .2010 will stand modified to the extent of incorporating the above revised target.

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

^_ORDER

Ordered that a Copy of the Resolution be communicated to the Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India, State Governments, Administration of Union Territories, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, State Electricity Regulatory Commissions CPSU's and Financial Institutions.

Ordered that a copy of this Resolution be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary for general information.

(Tarun Kapoor)

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

The Manager,

Government of India Press

NIT, Faridabad (Haryana)

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