How effective has India's solar mission been in reaching its deployment targets?

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 49, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 54-63

  Shrimali, Gireesh ^a   Nekkalapudi, Vijay ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84909619274     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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