India
Population (World Bank): 1,450,935,790 (2024)
Metal/Ore Exports (% of Total Merchandise Exports, World Bank): 3.7% (2024)
Petroleum Production (Million barrels per day, EIA): 1,454 Mb/d (2024)
Human Development Index (World Rank, UNDP): 130
2021 Resource Governance Index Score, Mining Sector (NRGI): 70/100
EITI Status: N/A
Link to key economic information (Atlas of Economic Complexity)
Policy documents that include local content relevant provisions:
Policy documents that include renewable energy local content relevant provisions:
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Memorandum No. 283/134/2017-GRID SOLAR, 2025
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Memorandum No. 283/43/2024-GRID SOLAR, 2024
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Memorandum No. 283/5/2018-GRID SOLAR, 2023
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Memorandum No. 293/8/2017-Wind, 2018
Local Content Relevant News:
March 2026 - India to mandate use of locally made solar ingots, wafers from June 2028 to cut import reliance
January 2026 - India eyes 50% local content for battery storage in wind, solar projects amid China concerns
January 2026 - India introduces 20% domestic content rule for Viability Gap Funding of battery storage
December 2025 - Power Ministry Mandates 20% Local Content Requirements for VGF BESS Projects
November 2025 - India calls on wind sector to boost local manufacturing to 85% to strengthen global competitiveness
October 2025 - Joshi urges wind industry to raise local content to 85% from 64% by 2030
April 2025 - India Pushing for Wind Turbine Manufacturing Indigenization
March 2025 - Government Mandates 100% Domestic Content for EV Components Under PM E-Drive
March 2025 - Imported wafers do not meet Indian government’s domestic solar cell criteria
February 2025 - POWERGRID Invites Bids for 1.07 MW Rooftop Solar Project at NIT Durgapur
December 2024 - India mandates use of locally made solar cells in government projects from June 2026
November 2024 - Gujarat Waives Domestic Content Requirement for Solar Projects Up to 5 MW
May 2024 - MNRE Clarifies Domestic Content Requirements for Solar PV Projects, Endorses Local Manufacturing
December 2023 - Make in India: Promoting domestic manufacturing for the renewables sector
September 2023 - PM KUSUM: MNRE Extends Waiver On Local Content Mandate For Solar Cells
December 2018 - MNRE: Preference will be given to domestically manufactured renewable energy products
December 2017 - US Takes India Back To World Trade Organisation in Solar Power Issue
November 2016 - Insights into Issues: WTO Dispute – Domestic Content Requirement
February 2016 - The United States Has Blocked a Plan by India to Expand Solar Power and Create Local Jobs
February 2016 - WTO ruling on domestic content requirement in solar: A blessing in disguise
August 2015 - WTO rules against India in solar panels dispute with the US
February 2014 - U.S. whacks India with WTO complaint over its local solar program
Analysis and Case Studies:
Probst et al. (2020) - The short-term costs of local content requirements in the Indian solar auctions
Bazilian et al. (2020) - Local-content rules for renewables projects don't always work
Hansen (2020) - The effects of local content requirements in auction schemes for renewable energy in developing countries: A literature review
Lokhanpal (2019) - Contesting renewable energy in the global south: A case-study of local opposition to a wind power project in the Western Ghats of India
Batra et al. (2018) - Renewable Energy: The WTO’s Position on Local Content Requirements
Thapar (2017) - Local community as shareholders in clean energy projects: Innovative strategy for accelerating renewable energy deployment in India
Johnson (2016) - Promoting green industrial development through local content requirements: India's National Solar Mission
Johnson (2013) - Exploring the effectiveness of local content requirements in promoting solar PV manufacturing in India
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