Lok Sabha Question No. 3832 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Requirement of Funds for Meeting Solar Power Target
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3832

TO BE ANSWERED ON-09.08.2018

## REQUIREMENT OF FUNDS FOR MEETING SOLAR POWER TARGET

## 3832. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  quantum  of  funds  required  from  the  private sector  and foreign institutions to meet the solar power target to install 100GW of capacity through solar power projects by 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the details of expenditure already incurred and the total installed capacity created during the last three years, Year and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has decided to provide free solar lamps to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and students in villages;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  expenditure  incurred  during  the  said  period  for  the purpose, State-wise; and
- (e) the number of  beneficiaries provided with solar lamps during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) Solar projects with aggregate capacity 23.12 GW have been installed up to 31.07.2018 in the  country.  For  installation  of  remaining  around  77  GW,  an  estimated  investment  of  Rs. 3,85,000 Crore (@ Rs. 5 Crore per MW) is required. Most of the investment in this sector comes from the private sector.
- (b) An investment of around Rs. 1,15,600 crore (@ Rs. 5 Crore per MW) is estimated to have been made by private sector for development of 23.12 GW of solar projects. The  details  of  total  installed  capacity  of  utility  scale  solar  projects  created  in  the  country
- during the last three years, Year and State-wise are given in Annexure-I .
- (c), (d) and (e) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has no scheme under which free solar lamps are being provided. However, under off-grid and decentralised solar PV applications programme, solar study lamps are being provided to school going children on  a  nominal  contribution  of  Rs.  100/-  per  lamp  by  the  student.  Balance  cost  is  met  by MNRE as CFA.

Till date, a total amount of Rs. 283.97 crore has been released under three different projects for distribution of solar study lamps by MNRE.

The State-wise details of solar study lamps distributed till date are given in Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3832 FOR 09.08.2018

Total installed capacity of solar projects created in the country during the last three years, year and state-wise:

## (in MW as on 31-07-2018)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar    |      0    |      1.46 |      0    |      0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh       |    435.11 |   1294.26 |    328.24 |    369.9  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0.24 |      0    |      5.13 |      0    |
| 4         | Assam                |      0    |     11.78 |      0.67 |      0.25 |
| 5         | Bihar                |      5.1  |    103.42 |     33.93 |      0    |
| 6         | Chandigarh           |      2.31 |     10.52 |      7.88 |      5.15 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh         |     85.98 |     35.28 |    102.49 |      0    |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    |      2.97 |      2.49 |      0    |
| 9         | Daman & Diu          |      4    |      6.46 |      0.15 |      2.4  |
| 10        | Delhi                |     20.31 |     25.99 |     17.8  |      0    |
| 11        | Goa                  |      0    |      0.71 |      0.2  |      0    |
| 12        | Gujarat              |    128.87 |    130.19 |    328.89 |     49.15 |
| 13        | Haryana              |     14.59 |     66.01 |    123.45 |      0    |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh     |      0.2  |      0.53 |      0    |      2.63 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir      |      1    |      0.36 |      0    |      8.49 |
| 16        | Jharkhand            |      0.19 |      7.08 |      2.39 |      6.11 |
| 17        | Karnataka            |     69.31 |    882.38 |   3915.22 |    219.3  |
| 18        | Kerala               |     13.31 |     61.15 |     33.46 |     30.55 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh       |    217.79 |     80.67 |    448.31 |     16.46 |
| 21        | Maharashtra          |     34.26 |     66.61 |    777.56 |    180    |
| 22        | Manipur              |      0    |      0.03 |      0.03 |      2.11 |
| 23        | Meghalaya            |      0    |      0.01 |      0.01 |      0.04 |
| 24        | Mizoram              |      0.1  |      0    |      0.1  |      0    |
| 25        | Nagaland             |      0    |      0.5  |      0.5  |      0    |
| 26        | Odisha               |     35.16 |     12.5  |      0.15 |     30.68 |
| 27        | Pondicherry          |      0    |      0.05 |      0.08 |      1.55 |
| 28        | Punjab               |    227.31 |    388.89 |    104.15 |      0    |
| 29        | Rajasthan            |    329.18 |    543    |    518.49 |     27.98 |
| 30        | Sikkim               |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu           |    922.34 |    630.01 |    213.65 |    312.38 |
| 32        | Telangana            |    360.8  |    759.13 |   2004.27 |    109.88 |
| 33        | Tripura              |      0    |      0.09 |      0    |      0    |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh        |     72.79 |    193.24 |    357.13 |     45    |
| 35        | Uttarakhand          |     37.95 |    192.35 |     24.79 |     42.91 |
| 36        | West Bengal          |      0.69 |     18.37 |     11.06 |      0.65 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                |   3018.88 |   5525.98 |   9362.63 |   1463.58 |

ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3832 FOR 09.08.2018

The State-wise detail of solar study lamps distributed till date :

| Sl. No.   | State          |   No. of Solar Study Lamps distributed |
|-----------|----------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Assam          |                                 132438 |
| 2         | Bihar          |                                 667052 |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh   |                                    802 |
| 4         | Jharkhand      |                                 532073 |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh |                                 521065 |
| 6         | Maharashtra    |                                 194386 |
| 7         | Odisha         |                                  89961 |
| 8         | Rajasthan      |                                 256018 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh  |                                 396657 |
| Total     | Total          |                                2790452 |