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India will reach the level of 20 Gw of installed solar capacity by the end of this financial year, consultancy firm Bridge to India said on 19 September 2017.India installed 7.5 gw in the last four quarters and the total utility-scale solar capacity hit 16.2 gw by September 2017, the firm said in its latest report. According to the study, an additional 10-Gw capacity has been allocated to developers and is in various stages of development. Telangana has surpassed Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu to become India's top state for solar deployment. Sixty-two per cent of India's solar pipeline remains concentrated in four southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to its September edition of India Solar Map 2017 report, India's total installed solar capacity has grown over 84 per cent in the last four quarters