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Energy has become an important and one of the basic infrastructures for economic development of a country. Every sector of the national economy-agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic-needs inputs of energy. Thus, consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country. In this background, there is urgent need for the country to develop a sustainable path of energy development. Promotion of energy conservation and increased use of renewable energy sources are the two best options for the same. India is a country with more than 1.3 billion people accounting for more than 18% of world�s population. In recent years, India�s energy consumption has been increasing at a relatively fast rate due to population growth and economic development, even though the base rate may be somewhat low. In India most of the power generation is carried out by conventional energy sources, coal and mineral oil-based power plants which contribute heavily to pollution and emissions. Also, the conventional energy resources are depleting, which is a very severe problem which affects economic development of our country due to dependence on other countries for conventional resources. Thus, it is essential to tackle the energy crisis through judicious utilization of abundant the renewable energy resources. India has great potential to accelerate the use of its endowed renewable resources to power its growing economy with a secure and affordable energy supply. India, with its vast population and limited natural resources for meeting its energy requirements, needs to maintain its momentum of growth and this can be made possible only with a clear strategy for use of best possible energy options available. India needs to have a long term strategy for meeting its energy needs by 2030 and a short term goal of 175GW by 2022 which can be small steps towards attaining energy security by 2030. This paper describes the current scenario and future needs of India with respect to renewable energy resources.