Coinciding with the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a festival linked with Sun, the installed capacity of of solar power in India crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW. The cumulative installed capacity has reached to 5,130 MW with installed capacity of 1385 MW set up during the current fiscal. Rajasthan stands 1st in the country with 1264 MW, followed by Gujarat (1024MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW). Government of India has set the ambitious target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year 2021-22 under the National Solar Mission. It is envisaged to generate 60 GW ground mounted grid-connected solar power and 40 GW through roof-top grid interactive solar power to ful fill the 100 GW of solar power. The Ministry has also fixed year-wise targets to monitor the solar power generation in the country. The target for the current year is 2,000 MW while for the next year the target is 12,000 MW. Solar Power capacity in Top 10 states is as under No. State/UT Total installed /commissioned capacity till 14-01-16 (MW) 1 Rajasthan 1264 2 Gujarat 1024 3 Madhya Pradesh 679 4 Tamil Nadu 419 5 Maharashtra 379 6 Andhra Pradesh 357 7 Telangana 342 8 Punjab 200 9 Uttar Pradesh 140 10 Karnataka 104 Sources : PIB Del/ R Malhotra