New Delhi: India added 2,043 megawatt (MW) wind power capacity in the first 11 months of the current financial year (2019-20) as against 1,480 Mw added last financial year, new and renewable energy minister R K Singh said in Parliament on Thursday.Wind power capacity installed in 2017-18 stood at 1,865 MW.Overall, the government has set a target of achieving 60,000 MW of installed wind power capacity by December 2022. “Out of which, capacity of 37,669 MW has already been commissioned as on 29 February of FY20, with 9,236 MW of projects under implementation and 1,200 MW under bidding,” Singh said.Replying to a separate question on the steps being taken by the government to curb the lack of funding in the sector, the minister said that the government has received representations regarding non-payment of dues to renewable energy developers and steps have been taken in that regard.“The state governments have been requested to pay outstanding dues to the renewable energy developers,” he said. He also added the government has facilitated providing loans to various state discoms through the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency to clear the outstanding dues.In order to ensure timely payments to developers, the government has also issued orders regarding opening and maintaining of adequate Letters of Credit as payment security mechanism under the power purchase agreements by distribution licensees.Recently, in order to attract the investors and developers, the government had instructed Solar Energy Corporation of India and NTPC not to prescribe upper cap in future bids for wind and solar power projects.