{
  "id": "env-nonfossil-106",
  "question": "What share of India's power capacity is non-fossil?",
  "topic": "Environment",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Non-fossil sources (nuclear, large hydro including pumped storage, and renewables: solar, wind, small hydro, bio-power and waste-to-energy) as a share of India's total installed electricity generating capacity, at the end of each financial year, from the Central Electricity Authority's monthly installed capacity reports. It measures capacity, not the electricity actually generated, most of which still comes from coal.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Central Electricity Authority, Installed Capacity reports (end of March each year)",
    "url": "https://cea.nic.in/reports/dashboardView?headingId=107&subHeadingId=1003&subSubHeadingId=10014&title=Installed%20Capacity&lang=en",
    "table": "All India installed capacity of power stations (utilities), ALL INDIA Total row: (Nuclear + Hydro + RES (MNRE)) ÷ Grand Total, from the reports as on 31 March 2016 to 31 March 2026; March 2026 and September 2026 reports also print \"Total Non-Fossil Fuel\" share (53.21%, 55.11%), which the computation reproduces",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-04-13",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-06-12",
  "processing": "(Nuclear + Hydro + RES) ÷ total installed capacity × 100, from the All India Total row of each end-March report; checked against the published 53.21% for March 2026.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power",
    "survey": "Installed Capacity report (monthly)",
    "frequency": "Monthly",
    "measures": "Nuclear + large hydro + renewable capacity as % of total installed capacity (utilities)",
    "notes": [
      "India's updated NDC (approved by the Cabinet in Aug 2022): about 50% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030",
      "The 2015 NDC target was 40% by 2030",
      "Hydro includes pumped storage; renewable figures are MNRE's"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [
    {
      "label": "Updated NDC: about 50% non-fossil capacity",
      "value": 50,
      "by": "2030",
      "source": {
        "name": "PIB, Cabinet approves India's Updated Nationally Determined Contribution, 3 Aug 2022",
        "url": "https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1847812"
      }
    }
  ],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Mar 2016",
      "start": "2016-03",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 30.963
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2017",
      "start": "2017-03",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 33.1982
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2018",
      "start": "2018-03",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 35.202
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2019",
      "start": "2019-03",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 36.4563
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2020",
      "start": "2020-03",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 37.6937
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2021",
      "start": "2021-03",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 38.5771
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2022",
      "start": "2022-03",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 40.8984
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2023",
      "start": "2023-03",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 42.9723
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2024",
      "start": "2024-03",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 44.9698
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2025",
      "start": "2025-03",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 48.0368
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 53.2095
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/env-nonfossil-106/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/env-nonfossil-106/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/env-nonfossil-106/versions.csv"
}