As India is in a league of the most rapid development taking place in the country, hence it has to produce more and more energy to meet the consumption of the people with increase in the population, as in India most of the power generation in India is carried out by conventional energy sources, coal and mineral oil-based power plants which contribute heavily to greenhouse gases emission. This focuses the solution of the energy crisis on judicious utilization of abundant renewable energy resources. This paper reviews the renewable energy scenario of India.