Any manufacturing unit that has availed the benefit under the modified special incentive package scheme (M-SIPS) programme of electronics ministry will not be eligible for the Rs 4,500-crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar module manufacturing, as per the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE).
The MNRE, on Thursday, released the broad guidelines on how PLI scheme can be availed by domestic solar manufacturers, where it said that the beneficiaries of the PLI scheme will be selected through competitive bidding and the evaluation of the bids will be done by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on the basis of manufacturing capacity proposed to be set up by the companies and the extent of elementary products required for manufacturing solar panels they promise to make in the country.
