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The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 January 2010, set an initial grid-connected solar target of 20,000 MW by 2022; India crossed 20,000 MW of installed solar capacity in 2018 and had about 54,000 MW by March 2022.

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English · ParaphrasedThe mission planned to create an installed capacity of 20,000 MW by the end of the 13th Plan.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Manmohan Singh

Party

INC

Office

Prime Minister

Venue

Solar Energy Conclave 2010, New Delhi

Date

2010-01-11

Deadline

2022-03-31

Topics

energy, environment

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Manmohan Singh launches 'Solar India' - The Hindu (archived)
• National Solar Mission (overview and targets)

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

The Hindu reported that, at the 11 January 2010 launch, Manmohan Singh said the mission planned to create 20,000 MW of installed capacity by the end of the 13th Plan (2022).

Installed solar capacity grew from about 11 MW in 2010 to 2,632 MW by March 2014 (end of the INC-led UPA period). It crossed 20 GW in 2018 and reached about 54,000 MW by March 2022, exceeding the original 20 GW target. The Phase-3 goal was later raised to 100 GW, and the 100 GW milestone was reached in January 2025.

The claim is therefore assessed against the original 20,000 MW target and the stated 2022 timeline; both were met.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Medium

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The launch date and wording are from The Hindu (archived). The 20,000 MW figure was the mission's initial Phase-3 target, later revised upward to 100 GW. The CEA installed-capacity URL was seen in the National Solar Mission reference list but was not fetched directly.