According to JNNSM(Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission), Target of our nation is to produce 20GW of solar power by 2022 which was later increased to 100GW. Why US opposing JNNSM ? India brought DCR(Domestic Content Requirement) to 50%. read more
Essentially the Indian solar program requires domestic production for any solar panels used domestically. The US claims this is anti-competitive, and therefore took India to the WTO's tribunal; it wants its own panels to have equal access to the Indian market. read more
The World Trade Organization swats down India’s Booming Solar Plan in response to legality complaint from the US. An estimated 300 million Indians don’t have access to electricity. The country’s solar plan, which is launched in 2010, aims to change that, and simultaneously combating poverty via job creation. read more
In 2014, however, the United States launched a WTO case against India's ambitious solar program. The United States claimed that the "buy-local" rules of the first phases of the program, which say that power companies must use solar components made in India in order to benefit from the government-subsidized program, discriminate against U.S. solar exports. read more