The Mission’s broad objective is increasing the share of solar energy in the total energy mix a nd reduce the cost of solar power generation through (1) long term policy (2) large scale deployment goals (3) aggressive R&D and (4) domestic production of critical raw materials, components and products. The Mission aims to deploy 20GW of grid-connected solar power and 2000 MW of off-grid solar power by 2022 and encourage R&D and support innovation. The mission has adopted a 3-phased approach with a combination of enabling policies and incentives. (1) Phase 1 (2010-13): 1000-2000 MW of grid-connected and 200 MW of off-grid solar power and 7 million m2 of solar hot water collectors (2) Phase 2 (2013-17): 4000-10,000MW of grid connected and 1000 MW of off-grid solar and 15 million m2 of solar hot water collectors and (3) Phase 3 (2017-22) 20,000 MW of grid connected, 2000 MW of off-grid solar application, 20 million m2 of solar hot water collectors and 20 million systems of rural solar lanterns/lighting.
