National Solar Mission

National Solar Mission (NSM)
National Solar Mission (NSM)
Mission statement	Achieve 100 GW solar capacity by 2022
Type of project	Solar energy mission
Country	India
Prime Minister(s)	Manmohan Singh (2010–14); Narendra Modi (2014–present)
Ministry	Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Launched	11 January 2010
Closed	2022(?) [citation needed]

The National Solar Mission is an initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote solar power. The mission is one of the several policies of the National Action Plan on Climate Change.^[1] The program was inaugurated as the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission^[2] by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 January 2010^[3] with a target of 20 GW by 2022. This was later increased to 100 GW by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2015 Union budget of India.^[4] India increased its utility solar power generation capacity by nearly 5 times from 2,650 MW on 26 May 2014^[5] to 12,288.83 MW on 31 March 2017. The country added 9,362.65 MW in 2017–18, the highest of any year.^[6] The original target of 20 GW was surpassed in 2018 (counting only utility installed capacity), four years ahead of the 2022 deadline.

India had a total rooftop solar installed capacity of 6.1 GW as of 30 June 2021.^[7]

^ "India's National Action Plan on Climate Change – Highlights". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^ JNNSM Inauguration
^ "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy – Scheme / Documents". Mnre.gov.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "Revision of cumulative targets under National Solar Mission from 20,000 MW by 2021–22 to 1,00,000 MW". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "India's solar capacity to cross 20GW in next 15 months: Piyush Goyal". Money Control. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2016-17 addition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference rooftop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "India's National Action Plan on Climate Change – Highlights". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

[2] JNNSM Inauguration

[autogenerated1-3] "Ministry of New and Renewable Energy – Scheme / Documents". Mnre.gov.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[4] "Revision of cumulative targets under National Solar Mission from 20,000 MW by 2021–22 to 1,00,000 MW". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[5] "India's solar capacity to cross 20GW in next 15 months: Piyush Goyal". Money Control. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[2016-17_addition-6] Cite error: The named reference 2016-17 addition was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[rooftop-7] Cite error: The named reference rooftop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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