When the National Solar Mission (NSM) was launched several years ago, Delhi indicated it would steadily step up the local-content requirements for all PV projects. (Thin-film modules represented a key initial exception.)
However, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has confirmed that rather than applying the domestic-content rules across the full 750MW of capacity it is expected to put to tender next month – the first batch within Phase 2 – it will instead carve out a separate tranche of projects which will be required to use India-made components.
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