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Bharatiya Janata Party · 2024
Claim
Accurate
Delivery
Partly delivered
The capacity claim holds and the trajectory has since accelerated sharply. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy told Parliament on 22 July 2026 that '297.36 GW non-fossil fuel sources-based electricity capacity has been installed' as on 30 June 2026, and that '55.29 GW non-fossil capacity has been added' in 2025-26 alone. Against the Panchamrit target of 500 GW by 2030, that is about 59 per cent with four years to go. Two things the answer is candid about: renewables are 'variable and intermittent', and integrating them 'presents challenges related to grid security, stability, and safety'. And capacity is not generation — a solar plant's share of installed capacity is always larger than its share of the electricity actually produced.
“Due to our focus on the environment, we have reached 44% of our electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources. We will continue on this path and increase the share of non-fossil fuel sources in line with Panchamrit. We will work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2070.”No CAG performance audit published
No CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published. The absence of an audit is not evidence that the claim is either accurate or inaccurate.
No CAG audit of the non-fossil capacity target has been tabled in a report we hold. The CAG's performance audit of solar power development, cited elsewhere in this corpus, covers an earlier period.
No audit period to plot — no CAG performance audit covering this scheme has been published.
297.36 GW of non-fossil electricity capacity installed as on 30 June 2026; 55.29 GW added in 2025-26
Non-fossil capacity includes large hydro and nuclear alongside solar and wind. Net zero by 2070 is a 2021 international commitment made at COP26, restated here; nothing in this term can settle it.
Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 523, Non-fossil Fuel based Energy Capacity — answer by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
The 2024 manifesto's climate paragraph makes a record claim and two forward commitments: "we have reached 44% of our electricity generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources. We will continue on this path and increase the share of non-fossil fuel sources in line with Panchamrit. We will work towards achieving net zero emissions by 2070."
The record claim was accurate when written — India crossed 44 per cent non-fossil installed capacity in early 2024 — and the trajectory since has been steep. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy told the Lok Sabha on 22 July 2026: "As on 30.06.2026, a total of 297.36 GW non-fossil fuel sources-based electricity capacity has been installed. During the financial year 2025-26, total 55.29 GW non-fossil capacity has been added."
Fifty-five gigawatts added in a single year is a very large number by any country's standards. Against the Panchamrit commitment of 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, India is at roughly 59 per cent with four years remaining, and adding capacity fast enough to make the target plausible.
Three qualifications, none of which contradicts the claim.
Capacity is not generation. A solar plant runs at roughly a fifth of nameplate capacity over a year and a coal plant at around two-thirds, so non-fossil sources supply a considerably smaller share of India's electricity than they do of its installed capacity. The manifesto's sentence says "generation capacity", which is correct; the number is often quoted as though it described generation, which it does not.
The composition is broader than renewables. Non-fossil capacity includes large hydro and nuclear as well as solar and wind, and nuclear is 3.1 per cent of generation on the Department of Atomic Energy's own figures.
And the ministry names the binding constraint without being asked twice: "Renewable energy sources particularly wind and solar are variable and intermittent in nature, and integrating a substantial share of such generation into the Grid presents challenges related to grid security, stability, and safety." Storage and transmission, not panels, are what determine how much of this capacity is usable.
On net zero by 2070 — a commitment made at COP26 in 2021 and restated here — nothing in a five-year term can settle it, and this entry does not attempt to.
The record claim is accurate and the capacity path is being followed. Our verdict is accurate.
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Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 523, Non-fossil Fuel based Energy Capacity — answer by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
“As on 30.06.2026, a total of 297.36 GW non-fossil fuel sources-based electricity capacity has been installed. During the financial year 2025-26, total 55.29 GW non-fossil capacity has been added… PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY) is being implemented with the target of installation of rooftop solar systems in one crore households in the country by 2026-27… Renewable energy sources particularly wind and solar are variable and intermittent in nature, and integrating a substantial share of such generation into the Grid presents challenges related to grid security, stability, and safety. Government has taken several steps to ensure grid stability and integration of renewable energy… [Question (a) refers to] the target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity by the year 2030.”