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In a significant development, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said the country has achieved its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) target with total non-fossil based installed energy capacity of 157.32 GW, which is 40.1 per cent of the total installed electricity capacity of 392.01 GW. India’s installed Renewable Energy (RE) capacity stands at 150.54 GW, which includes solar at 48.55 GW, wind (40.03 GW), small hydro power (4.83 GW), bio-power (10.62 GW) and large hydro power (46.51 GW) as of November 2021. The nuclear energy based installed electricity capacity stands at 6.78 GW.