State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index – SARAL is an initiative of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and its partners to introduce a measuring scale or an index to evaluate and rank all states according to their performance, growth, level of maturity, policy framework, and implementation environment in the rooftop solar sector. The states were evaluated on the basis of on their attractiveness for rooftop development. Based on the states’ scores, grades are assigned on the following scales: A++, A+, A, B++.