http://www.hindawi.com The latest articles from Hindawi Publishing Corporation © 2013 , Hindawi Publishing Corporation . All rights reserved. Thu, 09 May 2013 14:56:40 +0000 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jse/2013/632364/ Solar electricity supply system has grown at very rapid pace in India during the last few years. A total of 1047.84 MW of grid connected photovoltaic projects and 160.8 MW of off-grid systems have been commissioned under different policy mechanisms between January 2010 and November 2012. It is observed that solar capacity development has achieved a greater height under state policies (689.81 MW) than others. A study is made in this paper of various national and state level schemes, incentives, packages, instruments, and different mechanisms to promote solar photovoltaics and its effectiveness. Sandeep Kumar Gupta and Raghubir Singh Anand Copyright © 2013 Sandeep Kumar Gupta and Raghubir Singh Anand. All rights reserved.