Solar mission: US wants India to do away with local sourcing norms in new projects

摘要

THE US is mounting pressure on India to do away with the condition of local-buying of components in the next batch of solar power projects under the country's ambitious national solar mission. In a formal consultation held last week at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the two countries could not reach an understanding on the validity of the domestic buying condition in the projects granted so far under the mission.