The National Solar Mission aims to promote the development and use of solar energy for power generat...........

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The National Solar Mission aims to promote the development and use of solar energy for power generation and other uses, with the ultimate objective of making solar energy compete with fossil-based energy options. which of the following policy measures are true in this regard?

1. strong enforcement of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)

2. 10 percent renewable energy as mandatory under Mission Statement and Guidelines for development of smart cities

3. raising tax free solar bonds

4. making net-metering compulsory.

Choose the correct code:

1 & 4 only

1, 2 & 4

2, 3 & 4

1, 2, 3 and 4

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Explanation:

The National Solar Mission, is an initiative of the Government of India and State Governments to promote solar power. The mission is one of the several initiatives that are part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change.The program was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 January 2010 with a target of 20GW by 2022 which was later increased to 100 GW by the Narendra Modi government in the 2015 Union budget of India. India increased its solar power generation capacity by nearly 5 times from 2,650 MW on 26 May 2014 to 12,288.83 MW on 31 March 2017. The country added 5,525.98 MW in 2016-17, the highest of any year.

India has achieved 20 gw (giga watt) cumulative solar capacity, achieving the milestone four years ahead of the target for 2022 originally set in the National Solar Mission.

The achievement comes on the back of a major renewable energy push by Modi government, which after coming to power in 2014 had scaled up the target to 100 gw of solar capacity by 2022.