RAS question
What is the installed solar power capacity in Rajasthan up to December 2024?
Correct answer: (B) 5,482.66 MW.
Rajasthan's installed solar power capacity up to December 2024 was 5,482.66 MW, counted as solar capacity with KUSUM PPA.
Explanation
Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 places solar power within the State's installed power-capacity mix under RREC, RSMML and private-sector wind, biomass and solar projects. In Table 2.1, the entry for “Solar (with KUSUM PPA)” rises from 4,010.50 MW in 2023-24 to 5,482.66 MW in 2024-25 up to December 2024. The surrounding text separately states that solar power capacity in Rajasthan had reached 5,482.66 MW up to December 2024, reflecting its significant place in the State's energy portfolio. Therefore, the figure asked in the MCQ is not the wind-capacity number or an earlier-year solar figure; it is the December 2024 solar-capacity entry with KUSUM PPA included.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 4,414.12 MW is the installed wind power capacity shown for 2024-25 up to December 2024, not the solar capacity.
- (C) 4,010.50 MW is the solar capacity shown for 2023-24, so it is one year earlier than the December 2024 figure asked here.
- (D) 3,362.10 MW is the solar capacity shown for 2022-23, not the updated 2024-25 figure up to December 2024.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan Economy under infrastructure, especially the power sector and renewable-energy capacity. It recurs in RAS because state economic reviews often ask candidates to distinguish current installed-capacity figures from older-year data and from other energy sources.