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The National Solar Mission is a major initiative of the Government of India to promote utilization of solar energy to supplement the country's energy needs. One of the goals of the Mission is deployment of 20,000 MW grid-connected solar power capacity by 2022 in 3 phases. MNRE now proposes to add a total solar PV capacity of 3,000 MW to be implemented through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will indicate the total quantity for various states. The guidelines will have no bearing on the projects already selected under earlier schemes. The main objectives of the scheme are to: (i) facilitate the scale-up of solar capacity addition under NSM Phase I and achieve economies of scale; (ii) supplement grind power; (iii) facilitate fulfillment of RPO requirement of the obligated entities; facilitate speedier implementation of the new projects to be selected to meet the phase II target of NSM; (v) provide long-term visibility and road map for solar power development enabling creation of India as manufacturing hub in the solar PV. MNRE will fix the lot size for each state out of the 3000 MW and define the quantum of the domestic content requirement in each lot.