Union minister for New and Renewable Energy Informed Rajya Sabha about the initiatives for installation of solar panels on the rooftop of houses.
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The ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing Grid Connected Rooftop Solar programme.
The Government has set a target of installing 40 GW of grid connected rooftop solar capacity in the country including Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) by year 2022.
As per the Delhi Solar Policy, 2016 notified by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, target has been set for installation of 1 GW of solar power by year 2020 and 2 GW of solar power by year 2025 in Delhi.
The Ministry of Urban Development has issued Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016, in which suitable provisions for installation of Roof Top Systems (RTS) on buildings have been incorporated.
Four States/UTs viz. Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have already issued mandatory notifications for installation of RTS in different categories of buildings.
Over 1700 Mega Watt of grid-connected rooftop systems has been installed in the country till 18th of this month. On an average it is estimated that 1.5 million units per MegaWatt per year are generated from solar rooftop plants.
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