In November 2018, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had launched a plan to implement 23 GW of ultra-mega solar projects in the Leh and Ladakh regions of Jammu & Kashmir. The Phase-I of the project would entail setting up 2,500 MW solar PV capacity in Kargil region and 5,000 MW in Leh district. This will be India’s largest tender so far in terms of capacity.