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Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy has unveiled the guidelines of two schemes under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission at a function in New Delhi. These are guidelines for (i) off-grid (photovoltaic & thermal) and decentralized solar applications and (ii) Rooftop & other small solar power plants.

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The Minister said his Ministry, in its facilitative role, has created an enabling ecosystem for promoting newer business models, technical as well as market innovations as well as for promoting basic and applied research and it is for the entrepreneurs and stakeholders to rise to the challenge.
Dr Abdullah recalled the words of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission in January this year when he termed it as one of the major priorities of the second term of his govt and expressed his sincere hope that the Mission would establish India as a global leader in solar energy, not just in terms of solar power generation but also in solar manufacturing and generation of this technology.
He said, "Today we are taking the first step towards the operationalisation of the Mission. Even as we speak we are on way to redeeming the many of the pledges and promises we made in January this year."
He said, "The guidelines are meant to tap into the diverse and enormous potential of solar energy in all applications-rural, industrial as well as urban. The guidelines are flexible, simple and market friendly.
Taken together, these guidelines seek to address four critical areas – access to rural households for lighting and daily power requirements; reduction in consumption of kerosene and diesel; energy demand management through solar thermal systems and improvement of efficient transmission by feeding power at consumption points."
The Minister said, "We have attempted to make the process demand-driven, market-based and user-benefit oriented. We have tried to establish additional channels to facilitate direct contact between users and the supplier of solar energy products. Thus there is a broadening of the market and reach. These guidelines provide enough opportunities to manufacturers, system integrators, energy supply companies and also the financial institutions to create a sustained interest within the investor community through viable business models. Flexibility is an integral feature of this scheme. I hope these guidelines will help us to reach a larger number of potential users."
The guidelines issued today are available at www.pib.nic.in

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