High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Renewable energy in India is a sector that is still undeveloped. India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in early 1980s. However its success has been very spotty. In recent years India has been lagging behind other nations in the use of renewable energy (RE). The share of RE in the energy sector is 10.63%(as on 31/03/11) of total generation capacity of India. Renewable energy in India comes under the purview of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.