The major Indian newspaper, The Hindu, has been leaked a finalized draft of a national solar power plan that aims to have 200 GW in place by 2050.

The plan outlines expanding the use of small-scale solar PV panels and commercial-scale solar plants in both rural and urban areas and with both commercial and residential customers. Solar lighting and solar water heating will be widely implemented. The plan calls for major growth in centralized solar thermal power generation that would see it becoming competitive in cost to conventional grid power by 2020.

The phases of the plan include 20 GW of solar capacity installed by 2020, 100 GW installed by 2030 and then, finally, 200 GW installed by 2050.