Re-Prioritizing ‘Make in India’: Need of the Hour

India saw the opportunity for growth in economic development through industrial capacity expansion and domestic manufacturing. Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi focused on manufacturing and brought forward a multi-pronged operation titled 'Make in India' to bring in new investments and encouragement for manufacturing growth, creating jobs, and socio-economic revolution within the country. And as…

India’s rise to 3rd Largest Solar Market in 2017: What it entails for the Exchequer?

Considering the fact that India is one of three countries that mutually contribute to more than 70 per cent of the global CO2 emissions, the step towards green energy transition was an imperative, and decisive action indeed. Besides saving the climate, India stands to save enormously from fossil fuel expenditure with the success of green energy revolution.

China’s Solar Top Runner Program and What India Can Learn From It!

India’s recent success in reaching 10 GW of on-grid solar capacity has made the 100 GW by 2022 target a bit closer than before. India has done an incredible job improving, implementing, and acting on- mandating solar installation in Government buildings, net metering, leadership in International Solar Alliance, provisioning viability gap funding, raising tax free solar bonds, offering long tenure loans, aggressive ‘Solar Park’ development and other initiatives, generating momentum which helped India add 5 GW capacity in 2016 itself.

Sustainable Solar Manufacturing in India: Key Factors

The Indian Government has made incredible strides to lead the country into green energy transition. From 2010, when India had a meagre 10 MW solar capacity, the leap to 9 GW, has been commended at the global podium. And with favourable growth in solar installations, India’s module manufacturing capacity has grown approximately 150 per cent…