Mission eclipsed
National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects. It is no mean task to find a moneylender for a financially risky project. More so, if it is a high-investment, low-return project under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The fact that government did not plan finance for a mission that aims to address the challenges of climate change, was laid bare when banks started hesitating to fund it. For full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/mission-eclipsed