RAS question
According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the record annual wind energy capacity added by India in FY 2025-26 was:
Correct answer: (C) 6.05 GW.
According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India added a record 6.05 GW of wind energy capacity in FY 2025-26.
Explanation
MNRE's PIB release states that India achieved its highest-ever annual wind capacity addition of 6.05 GW during FY 2025-26. That figure is the answer because it crossed the earlier landmark of 5.5 GW added in FY 2016-17, making FY 2025-26 the new record year. The same release says the addition was nearly 46 per cent higher than the capacity added in FY 2024-25 and that India's cumulative installed wind power capacity crossed 56 GW after this addition. The number therefore has to be read as an annual capacity addition, not total installed capacity or a future target.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2.05 GW is far below the MNRE-reported FY 2025-26 record addition and is not cited as the annual wind capacity added in the release.
- (B) 3.50 GW does not match the PIB figure; MNRE identifies 6.05 GW, not 3.50 GW, as the highest-ever annual addition.
- (D) 10.05 GW overstates the reported annual addition; the release says cumulative wind capacity crossed 56 GW, while the FY 2025-26 addition itself was 6.05 GW.
Concept
This tests renewable-energy current affairs under Science and Technology, especially official capacity data from MNRE. Such figures recur in RAS because they connect government policy, energy transition targets and measurable sectoral performance.