RAS question
The Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy was announced in which year?
Correct answer: (D) 2019.
The Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy was announced as the Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy, 2019.
Explanation
The answer is 2019 because the official policy document is titled Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy, 2019 and states that the policy came into operation from 18 December 2019. The policy was meant to give Rajasthan's solar sector a fresh push after the state's first solar policy of 2011. It aimed to promote solar energy generation, attract further investment in generation capacity and allied activities, and set a target of 30,000 MW of solar power projects up to 2024-25. That makes 2019 the policy year asked in the MCQ, not a later amendment year or an earlier national-policy context.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 2011 refers to Rajasthan's first solar policy phase and the wider national solar mission context, not the Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy, 2019 asked here.
- (B) 2022 is linked to later amendments, whereas the official policy document identifies the policy itself as Rajasthan Solar Energy Policy, 2019.
- (C) 2014 is not the policy year supported by the official document; the cited document names and enforces the policy as the 2019 policy.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy policy chronology, especially renewable-energy policy milestones. RAS repeats such questions because state policies connect governance, investment, energy targets, and current economic development.