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India, other countries signed International Solar Alliance framework.

Countries have three months to formally join the agreement. The agreement will enter into force after fifteen countries ratify or officially join it. Sources indicated that given that the framework agreement was the outcome of intense discussions and deliberations over the course of the year, the entry of the force of the agreement and wide participation was not in doubt. “Many countries have said that they would sign on to the agreement but would first go through the domestic processes required to join an intergovernmental body,” said a senior official.

With the framework agreement in place, the clock now starts for the alliance to deliver on its promise to serve as a facilitator to ensure that large swathes of the  population have access to adequate, predictable, and cheap energy. “That task starts once ISA comes to legal existence with ratification by the prescribed number of countries,” said Upendra Tripathy, Interim Director General, ISA and former Secretary, New and Renewable Energy.After detailed discussions between December and late September, a draft framework agreement was finalized. The framework agreement was opened for signature on Tuesday. Officials said that they expect more countries to join the ISA in the coming weeks. “There as many 20 countries that have said they will sign the agreement and are undertaking the requisite domestic processes.