The Centre is planning to tighten the mandate on domestic procurement in solar power project development to further push indigenous products. In a recent circular by the nodal Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), it has been proposed to include solar cells (component of a solar module) in the ALMM (Approved List of Module Manufacturers) scheme, which till now was restricted to only solar modules (finished product). This comes at a time when solar imports have failed to slow down despite several regulatory and tax restrictions.
ALMM was floated in 2019 for a government-verified list of
