This guidebook has been developed to provide and overview of National Solar Energy Generation Programs within the umbrella Mission for the solar energy development in India i.e. the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the National Action Plan for Climate Change. It provides information on key regulations and guidelines that developers, individuals, communities, companies and organizations need to understands on grid connected and distributed solar energy generation in India in order to obtain siting approval and permits, to interconnect with the electricity grid, and to contract to sell electricity, to install community solar energy generation plants, establish off grid utility scale solar plant, buy or avail government subside on solar lighting system or to establish solar manufacturing unit.