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India has nearly trebled its annual nameplate for solar cells from 9GW to 25GW between March 2024 and March 2025, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

India is still facing several challenges to increase its installed solar capacity, including financing and grid infrastructure. 

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published its latest figures for clean power capacity additions in the country, which show that the country added 15GW of new solar capacity in the 12 months to the end of March 2024.

India's MNRE has announced the re-imposition of the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), effective from 1 April.

Indian incentives for rooftop solar in its interim budget will offer 10 million homes the opportunity to obtain free solar electricity every month.

Solar PV and solar-wind hybrid project bids in various Indian government schemes which were finalised by before 9 March 2021 but not yet complete have had their deadlines extended to March 2024.

The Indian government has approved its national green hydrogen mission which aims to add 125GW of renewable capacity for that purpose by 2030.

India’s government has approved the second round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to incentivise domestic solar PV module manufacturing.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a policy designed to support large-scale solar projects in the country with a combined capacity of more than 25GW.

Solar manufacturers that plan on setting up integrated, higher capacity plants in India will be given preference in the country’s new production-linked incentive (PLI) programme.