National Solar Mission

The National Solar Mission (NSM) is a major initiative of the Government of India with active participation from States, to meet its growing energy demands while addressing climate change.

The NSM was launched as the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on January 11, 2010 under National Action Plan on Climate Change with the objective to establish India as a global leader in solar energy by creating the policy conditions for solar technology diffusion across the country as quickly as possible.

To achieve this goal, the mission targets were:

  • To create an enabling policy framework to reduce the cost of solar power generation enabling large scale deployment
  • To create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability through aggressive R&D and the domestic production of critical raw materials, components and products.
NSM adopted 3 phase approach
Phases Timelines Capacity Targets
Phase 1 2010-13 1100 MW
Phase 2 2013-17 10 GW
Phase 3 2017-22 100 GW

Initially, the phase 3 target was 20 GW capacity by 2022. It was later revised to 100 GW. Timelines for which was later extended to March 2026.

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