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Arun Dhital
Mar 18, 2026 | Updated 02:39 PM GMT+5:30
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India’s renewable energy ministry has announced a proposal requiring clean energy companies to source solar ingots and wafers exclusively from domestic manufacturers starting June 2028, as part of a broader push to reduce reliance on Chinese imports across the solar supply chain, the Business Line reported.
The move is part of New Delhi’s wider effort to build self-sufficiency in solar panel manufacturing, covering every link in the production chain from polysilicon to finished panels.
At present, India depends entirely on China for its supply of solar cells, ingots, wafers and polysilicon.
The country’s current domestic manufacturing capacity for ingots and wafers stands at approximately 2 gigawatts.
To bridge the gap between current output and future demand, major industry players, including Waaree Energies, Tata Power and Indosol Solar have committed billions of rupees towards expanding renewable manufacturing infrastructure.
The proposal comes as India pursues an ambitious target of doubling its non-fossil fuel power capacity to 500 GW by 2030.
The government has already taken incremental steps in this direction. State-run projects have been directed to use domestically assembled solar panels, though key upstream components such as cells, wafers, ingots and polysilicon were still permitted to be imported. Separately, a mandate requiring the use of locally produced solar cells is set to take effect from June 2026, making the 2028 deadline for ingots and wafers the next logical step in the localisation roadmap.
Together, these measures signal a systematic effort by New Delhi to insulate the country’s clean energy ambitions from external supply chain vulnerabilities, particularly those tied to a single source country.
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