The targets fixed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) during the 12th Five Year Plan period and the achievements made so far are as given below. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Application Segment
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Targets under 12thPlan Period
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Achievement during 12th Plan Period
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Grid solar power
(large plants, roof top & distribution grid plants)
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10,000 MW
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1816.51 MW
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Off-grid solar applications
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1000 MW
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119 MW
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Solar Thermal Collectors(SWHs, solar cooking/ cooling, Industrial process heat applications etc.)
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6.18 million sq. meters
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2.47 million sq. meters
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The Minister further stated that the following steps being taken by the Government to achieve the remaining targets are:-
(i) Provision of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) for solar power in the National Tariff Policy.
(ii) Grant of subsidy on off-grid applications and Generation Based Incentive (GBI), facility for bundled power & Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for Grid connected Solar Power Projects through various interventions announced from time to time.
(iii) Setting up Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects & Solar Parks, 1MW Solar Parks on the banks of canals and Solar power driven agricultural pump sets for energizing one lakh pumps.
(iv) Concessional Import duty/Excise duty exemption for setting up of solar power plants, accelerated depreciation and tax holiday.
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