As the country shifts its focus on achieving clean energy goals, the momentum towards adopting solar power seemed to have slowed in 2025, with only 24 per cent of the targeted one crore homes getting rooftop solar systems.
According to a government release, the PM Surya Ghar scheme, which was approved in February 2024, aims to bring rooftop solar systems to one crore homes, of which around 23.9 lakh households installed the panels by December, 2025, thereby generating 7 GW of clean power.
India has seen a rise in solar installations in the past decade, helping double the country’s total electricity capacity, with solar power-generated electricity now at 129 GW, while the overall non-fossil capacity has crossed 259 GW as of October 2025.
The country’s National Solar Mission also supports large solar parks, rooftop systems, and hybrid projects, while its clean energy missions being guided by the Panchamrit framework announced at COP26.
The framework outlines India’s targets for 2030, including 500 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity and a 45 per cent cut in carbon intensity.
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As noted in the release, India now ranks third in the world for solar capacity and fourth in both wind energy and overall renewable capacity.
One of the biggest signs of progress so far is the more than 40-fold jump in solar capacity, from just 3 GW in 2014 to 129 GW by October 2025. Manufacturing has also received a push through the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for solar PV modules, drawing investments worth ₹52,900 crore by September 2025 and creating around 44,400 jobs.
In the agriculture sector, the PM-KUSUM scheme aims to help farmers adopt solar pumps to generate their own power, with more than 9 lakh standalone pumps and over 10,000 grid-connected pumps already solarised so far.
In public enterprises too, the government has attempted to install large solar parks, with 55 parks approved across 13 states and nearly 15 GW already installed.
The country’s progress in its clean energy goals was highlighted when India hosted the 8th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi in October 2025, witnessing delegates from over 125 countries to discuss how nations can work together to make solar power more accessible.
President Droupadi Murmu said during the Assembly that solar energy is about “empowerment and inclusive development”, stressing that it must reach every household, farmer, and village.
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