National Solar Mission
Also called: Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission · Topic: Climate Change: Causes, Evidence and the Global Response · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The National Solar Mission, also called the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, is one of the eight missions of India's National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). It was launched in 2010 to make India a leader in solar energy. Electricity from sunlight releases no greenhouse gases, so more solar power means less coal burnt. In 2015 the mission's target was raised to 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022. India reached this target later than 2022. Solar power is now central to India's goal of 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity by 2030.
Example
Bhadla Solar Park in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, sits in the sunny Thar Desert. It is one of the large solar parks built as India expanded solar power under this mission.
Don't confuse with
- International Solar Alliance: it is a group of countries started by India and France at COP21 in 2015, with its headquarters in Gurugram. The National Solar Mission is India's own national programme.
Related concepts
- National Action Plan on Climate Change
- National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
- Green India Mission
- Panchamrit
- Carbon Credit Trading Scheme