New Delhi: India has added 23 GW of renewable energy capacity in just five months of the ongoing fiscal, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday. He was speaking at the ‘FT Live Energy Transition Summit India’ in the national capital. “So far in this fiscal, India added 23 GW of renewable capacity in just 5 months. Now this is a feat that most nations cannot achieve in several years,” Joshi told the gathering, which included international delegates.
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The minister highlighted that India’s installed non-fossil capacity has now reached approximately 252 GW.
“We have already crossed the milestone of halfway to our target of 500 GW. Moreover, India has also achieved 50 percent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, 5 years ahead of the target set under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. In fact, among the G20 countries, India is the only nation to achieve its 2030 goals by 2021,” he noted.
Joshi said that about 2 million homes — 20 percent of the targeted 10 million — have been solarised under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. The scheme is projected to add 30 GW of solar capacity through rooftop installations.
To underline the scale, he said: “The number of families that will benefit from Surya Ghar exceeds the population of countries like Austria, Switzerland, Israel, or Singapore. You see, approximately 51 percent of countries have populations under 10 million. So that's the scale at which we are operating! Through PM Surya Ghar scheme, millions of households have become producers of clean power.”
The minister also highlighted the pace of expansion in India’s manufacturing ecosystem. “Our solar module manufacturing capacity is now at 100 GW, having doubled between March 2024 and March 2025. During the same time, our PV cell manufacturing capacity tripled from 9 GW to 25 GW, and is 27 GW today. This is a result of bold PLI incentives, competitive bidding, and regulatory reforms,” Joshi said.
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He added that India’s rise in renewable energy has been “extraordinary.” In just a few years, the country has rapidly expanded solar, wind, and green hydrogen projects, emerging as a global force in clean energy.
