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GOI has dedicated 5 acre land in NISE campus for the ISA Headquarters and also
has contributed Rs 175 crore for ISA corpus fund and also for meeting
expenditure for initial five years.
Key Facts:
ü First International and Inter-Governmental Organisation
ü Member: 121 Countries
ü Headquarter: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
ü Strategic Partner: United Nations
Ø ISA
is part of Prime Minister’s vision to bring clean and affordable energy within
the reach of all and create a sustainable world. It will be a new beginning for
accelerating development and deployment of solar energy for achieving universal
energy access and energy security of the present and future generations.
Ø PM
Narendra Modi stated that ISA will be India’s first international and
inter-governmental organization headquartered in India. ISA will be dedicated
to promotion of solar energy for making solar energy a valuable source of
affordable and reliable green and clean energy in 121
member countries. He thanked the President of France for his
continued help and support in shaping ISA.
Ø ISA
has been envisioned as a specialized platform and will contribute towards the
common goal of increasing utilization and promotion of solar energy and solar
applications in its member countries.
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Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
(IREDA) and Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI) announced contribution of US $ 1 million each to the ISA corpus fund.
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The Paris declaration on International Solar Alliance states that the countries
share the collective ambition to undertake innovative and concerted efforts for
reducing the cost of finance and cost of technology for immediate deployment of
competitive solar generation, financial instruments to mobilise more than 1000
Billion US Dollars of investments needed by 2030 for the massive deployment of
affordable solar energy and to pave the way for future solar generation,
storage and good technologies for countries’ individual needs.