Clarifying their efforts towards improving India’s solar power generation capacity, R.K. Singh, Union Minister of State (IC), Minister of Power, Minister of New and Renewable Energy and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, briefed the Rajya Sabha the steps taken by the government on Tuesday.
The target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by December 2022 was announced by the minister last year. Solar projects commissioned up to the same period shall be exempted from Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar power. Further, up to 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has also been permitted under the automatic route.
