The Central government is mulling over a new tender to develop solar power equipment manufacturing that doesn’t include a requirement to also generate electricity. In addition to separating manufacturing of solar cells and modules from generation, the government may also offer some form of financial aid.
There has been little interest from solar equipment makers in the previous manufacturing tenders.
A tender issued in May 2018 was downsized and delayed multiple times, before being scrapped due to poor investor interest. It was replaced by a smaller version in January 2019.