The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) on May 15, 2023, announces major reforms in the Approved List of Models and Manufactures for Solar Photovoltaic Modules.
The reforms are primarily aimed at reducing the cost to solar PV manufacturers, the time between application to enlistment as well as compliance burden and increasing ease of doing business in the whole ALMM process.
The major reforms include:
•Reduction in application fee by 80%.
•Substantial reduction in inspection fee, with a reduction in certain cases being as high as 70%.
•Exemption from factory inspection in case of enlistment of additional models in ALMM which are similar to those already enlisted by the applicant, but having lower wattage.
•Allowing the manufacturers to withdraw their applications prior to factory inspection, with a refund of 90% of the application fee.
•Increase in ALMM enlistment validity from 2 years to 4 years.
•Grant of provisional enlistment in ALMM within 7 days of receipt of BIS registration and a time limit of two months for factory enlistment and final enlistment, failing which deemed enlistment.
•All future ALMM applications are to be accompanied by scanned copies of applications and processing of ALMM applications will start without waiting for the submission of hard copies, which can be submitted subsequently.
[Notification No. 1924175]
