Lok Sabha Question No. 250 (STARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Generation of Solar Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 250 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## GENERATION OF SOLAR POWER

## *250. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

(a): whether the Government is lagging behind in achieving the targets set for generation of solar power in the country;

- (b): if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c): the  details  of  the  funds  provided  by  the  Government  for  generation  and  creation  of additional  capacity  of  solar  power  in  the  country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (d): the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  promoting  the  use  of  solar  power  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION NO. 250 FOR 04.01.2018 REGARDING GENERATION OF SOLAR POWER

- (a) and (b): The Government have planned to install 100 GW of capacity through solar projects by 2022. Against this target,  grid  connected  solar  capacity  of  16.68  GW has been  installed  as  on  15.12.2017  with  another  6.50  GW  under  implementation.  The trajectory for bidding of solar power projects has been finalized as under:-
- (c):  State-wise  budgetary  allocations  are  not  made  under  the  schemes/programmes. However,  details  of  amount  released  by  the  Ministry  for  generation  and  creation  of additional capacity of solar power in the country during last three years and current year are given below:-

| Year    | Total tenders planned (In GW)   |
|---------|---------------------------------|
| 2017-18 | 20*                             |
| 2018-19 | 30                              |
| 2019-20 | 30                              |

| Year                       |   Total funds released (Rs. Crore) |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                    |                            1158.19 |
| 2015-16                    |                            3146.24 |
| 2016-17                    |                            2590.59 |
| 2017-18 (as on 31.12.2017) |                            1577.84 |

The state-wise  details  of  funds  released  during  the  last  three  years  and  current  year under few schemes are given in Annexure.

- (d): The Government have launched several schemes for promotion of solar energy in the country providing fiscal and promotional incentives such as capital and/or interest subsidy,  accelerated  depreciation,  waiver  of  Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS) charges and losses, viability gap funding (VGF), financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, preferential tariff for power generation through renewables, and permitting Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route.

In addition, Government provides capital subsidy for setting up of manufacturing units for solar cells and modules and the entire value chain under Modified Special Incentive Package  Scheme  (M-SIPS)  through  the  Ministry  of  Electronics and  Information Technology.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 250 FOR 04.01.2018

## DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER THE NATIONAL SOLAR MISSION

## (I) PILOT-CUM-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PV POWER PLANTS ON CANAL BANKS AND CANAL TOPS

State-wise details are given below:

| CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   | CFA Released by SECI to Project Implementing Agencies Under Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV Scheme   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                              | State                                                                                                | Implementing Agency                                                                                  | Project Details                                                                                      | Project Details                                                                                      | CFA Released (Rs. in crore)                                                                          | CFA Released (Rs. in crore)                                                                          | CFA Released (Rs. in crore)                                                                          |
|                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      |                                                                                                      | Project Type                                                                                         | Capacit y (MW)                                                                                       | FY 2015- 16                                                                                          | FY 2016- 17                                                                                          | Total                                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                       | New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP)                         | CT                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                    | 0.58                                                                                                 | 0.32                                                                                                 | 0.90                                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO)                                        | CB                                                                                                   | 5                                                                                                    | 1.50                                                                                                 | 1.50                                                                                                 | 3.00                                                                                                 |
| 3                                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                                              | Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                                                         | CT & CB                                                                                              | 10 & 15                                                                                              | 10.50                                                                                                | 10.32                                                                                                | 20.82                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                                            | Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL)                                                            | CT                                                                                                   | 10                                                                                                   | 4.82                                                                                                 | 3.39                                                                                                 | 8.21                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                               | Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB)                                                        | CT&CB                                                                                                | 2 & 1                                                                                                | 1.50                                                                                                 | 1.21                                                                                                 | 2.71                                                                                                 |
| 6                                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                               | Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)                                                              | CT                                                                                                   | 20                                                                                                   | 12.00                                                                                                | 3.00                                                                                                 | 15.00                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department                                                                  | CT                                                                                                   | 3.5 & 2.5                                                                                            | 2.83                                                                                                 | 0.0                                                                                                  | 2.83                                                                                                 |
| 8                                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                                          | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited                                                                 | CT & CB                                                                                              | 1 & 19                                                                                               | 6.30                                                                                                 | 6.30                                                                                                 | 12.60                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                          | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL)                                 | CB                                                                                                   | 10                                                                                                   | 3.00                                                                                                 | 4.80                                                                                                 | 7.80                                                                                                 |
| Total of CFA to States                                                                               | Total of CFA to States                                                                               | Total of CFA to States                                                                               | CT& CB                                                                                               | 50 + 50                                                                                              | 43.03                                                                                                | 30.83                                                                                                | 73.86                                                                                                |

CT: Canal Top, CB: Canal Bank

Note: No funds released during 2017-18.

## (II) DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR PARKS AND ULTRA MEGA SOLAR POWER PROJECTS

(As on 31-12-2017)

## Year wise CFA Released under the Solar Park Scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Solar Park                                | Agency/ Authority   |   2014-15 | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |     Total |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | A & N             | NTPC                                      | NTPC                |    0      | 0.2525    |  0        |    0      |   0.2525  |
| 2         |                   | Ananthapuramu Solar Park                  | APSPCL              |   73.5775 | 63.015    |  0        |    0      | 136.593   |
|           |                   | Kurnool Solar Park                        | APSPCL              |   50.7525 | 40.4      |  0        |   18.1175 | 109.27    |
|           |                   | Kadapa solar park                         | APSPCL              |    0      | 0         | 10.35     |   10.1    |  20.45    |
|           | Andhra Pradesh    | Ananthapuramu-II Solar Park               | APSPCL              |    0      | 0         |  5.3      |    5.048  |  10.348   |
|           |                   | Ext Trans Infra for Ananthapur Solar Park | PGCIL               |    0      |           | 26.741    |   33.5237 |  60.2648  |
|           |                   | Ext Trans Infra for Kurnool Solar Park    | APTRANSCO           |    0      |           | 31.1317   |   43.6083 |  74.74    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit Solar Park                          | APDA                |    0      | 0.25      |  0.824665 |    0      |   1.07466 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      | Solar Park in Chhattisgarh                | CREDA               |    0      | 0.25      |  0        |    0      |   0.25    |
| 5         | Gujarat           | Radnesada Solar Park                      | GPCL                |    2.7775 | 30.667135 |  0        |    0      |  33.4446  |
|           |                   | Harsad Solar Park                         | GPCL                |    0      | 0         |  0        |    0.25   |   0.25    |
| 6         | Haryana           | Solar Park in Haryana                     | SUN Haryana         |    0      | 0.25      |  0        |    0      |   0.25    |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh  | Solar Park in HP                          | HPSEB               |    0      | 0.2525    |  0        |    0      |   0.2525  |
| 8         | Jammu and Kashmir | Solar Park in J&K                         | JAKEDA              |    0      | 0         |  0.25     |    0      |   0.25    |
|           |                   | Pavagada Solar Park                       | KSPDCL              |    0      | 90.5      | 80.8      |    0      | 171.3     |
| 9         | Karnataka         | Ext Trans Infra for Pavagada Solar Park   | PGCIL               |    0      | 0         | 28.28     |   12.12   |  40.4     |
| 10        | Kerala            | Kasargod Solar Park                       | RPCKL               |    0      | 2.27      |  0        |    0      |   2.27    |
| 11        |                   | Neemuch-Mandsaur Solar Park               | RUMSL               |    1.515  | 0         |  0        |    0      |   1.515   |
|           |                   | Rewa Solar Park                           | RUMSL               |    1.515  | 31.98     | 30.3      |    8.9235 |  72.7185  |
|           | Madhya Pradesh    | Rajgarh-Morena Solar Park                 | RUMSL               |    0      | 0         |  0.25     |    0      |   0.25    |
|           |                   | Chhatarpur Solar Park                     | RUMSL               |    0      | 0         |  0.25     |    0      |   0.25    |
|           |                   | Ext Trans Infra for Rewa Solar Park       | PGCIL               |    0      | 0         | 25.755    |    4.545  |  30.3     |

| Sl. No.   | State         | Solar Park                                 | Agency/ Authority   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |      Total |
|-----------|---------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 12        | Maharashtra   | Sai Guru Solar Park                        | MEDA                |    0      |    0.25   |   5.05    |    0      |    5.3     |
| 12        | Maharashtra   | Patoda Solar Park                          | MEDA                |    0      |    0.25   |   5.05    |    0      |    5.3     |
| 12        | Maharashtra   | Dandoicha Solar Park                       | MEDA                |    0      |    0.25   |   0       |    0      |    0.25    |
| 13        | Manipur       | Bukpi Solar Park                           | MTDC                |    0      |    0      |   0       |    0.25   |    0.25    |
| 14        | Meghalaya     | Solar Park in Meghalaya                    | MePGCL              |    0      |    0.25   |   0       |    0      |    0.25    |
| 15        | Mizoram       | Vankal Solar Park                          | P & E Dept          |    0      |    0      |   0       |    0.25   |    0.25    |
| 16        | Nagaland      | Solar Park in Nagaland                     | DNRE                |    0      |    0.25   |   0       |    0      |    0.25    |
| 17        | Odisha        | Solar Park in Odisha                       | GEDCOL              |    0      |    0      |   0.25    |    0      |    0.25    |
| 18        | Punjab        | Solar Park in Punjab                       | PEDA                |    3.03   |    0      |   0       |    0      |    3.03    |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Bhadla Ph-II Solar Park                    | RRECL               |   33.7775 |   28.272  |   0       |    0      |   62.0495  |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Bhadla Ph-III Solar Park                   | RRECL               |    0      |   46.2525 |   4.5     |   17.7888 |   68.5413  |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Bhadla Ph-IV Solar Park                    | RRECL               |    0      |    0.25   |  27.27    |   24.24   |   51.76    |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Phalodi-Pokaran Solar Park                 | RRECL               |    0      |    0.25   |   0       |    0      |    0.25    |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Fatehgarh 1B Solar Park                    | RRECL               |    0      |    0.25   |   0       |    0      |    0.25    |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer Ph I Solar Park                  | RRECL               |    0      |   10.3525 |   0       |    0      |   10.3525  |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Nokh Solar Park                            | RRECL               |    0      |    0      |   0       |    0.25   |    0.25    |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Ext Trans Infra for Bhadla-II, III, IV SP  | RVPN                |    0      |    0      |  50.8145  |    0      |   50.8145  |
| 19        | Rajasthan     | Ext Trans Infra for Bhadla-III & Bhadla-IV | PGCIL               |    0      |    0      |  30.2592  |    0      |   30.2592  |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu    | Kadaladi Soalr Park                        | TNEB                |    0      |    0      |   0       |    0.25   |    0.25    |
| 21        | Telangana     | Gattu Solar Park                           | TNREDCL             |    2.7775 |    0      |   0       |    0      |    2.7775  |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh | UP Solar Park                              | LSPDCL              |    2.7775 |   18.261  |   0       |    0      |   21.0385  |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh | Ext Trans Infra for UP solar park          | UPPTCL              |    0      |    0      |   0       |   17.3634 |   17.3634  |
| 23        | Uttarakhand   | SIIDCUL Solar Park                         | SIIDCUL             |    0      |    0.25   |   2.35582 |    0      |    2.60582 |
| 24        | West Bengal   | Solar Park in West Bengal                  | WBSEDCL             |    0      |    0.2525 |   2.121   |    0      |    2.3735  |
| Total     | Total         | Total                                      | Total               |  172.5    |  365.728  | 367.903   |  196.628  | 1102.76    |

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | 2014-15         | 2015-16         | 2016-17        | 2017-18 (as on 31.12.2017)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Released amount | Released amount | Release Amount | Release Amount               |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 2.41            | 3.87            | 9.150          | 4.8191391                    |
| 2         | Assam             | 0.00            | 0.00            | 38.4615        | 0.0000000                    |
| 3         | Andaman & Nicober | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.525          | 7.0032000                    |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh      | 0.00            | 3.60            | 5.495          | 3.2984324                    |
| 5         | Delhi             | 0.00            | 5.76            | 19.467         | 21.4000000                   |
| 6         | Gujarat           | 0.00            | 4.50            | 17.43          | 23.1750000                   |
| 7         | Goa               | 0.00            | 1.44            | 0.00           | 0.0000000                    |
| 8         | Haryana           | 0.00            | 3.60            | 16.2225        | 0.0000000                    |
| 9         | J& K              | 0.00            | 0.00            | 3.675          | 0.0000000                    |
| 10        | Jharkhand         | 0.00            | 0.00            | 12.7125        | 0.0000000                    |
| 11        | Kerala            | 0.00            | 4.68            | 4.05           | 9.4140000                    |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 0.00            | 0.00            | 2.52           | 0.0000000                    |
| 13        | Lakswadeep        | 0.00            | 0.00            | 0.455          | 0.0000000                    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.00            | 1.24            | 31.95588       | 3.1356578                    |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 0.00            | 0.00            | 23.175         | 0.0000000                    |
| 16        | Odisha            | 0.00            | 2.88            | 0.86           | 1.6068000                    |
| 17        | Puduchhery        | 0.00            | 0.00            | 1.1045000      | 0.0000000                    |
| 18        | Punjab            | 0.00            | 9.22            | 4.50           | 0.0000000                    |
| 19        | Rajasthan         | 0.00            | 4.26            | 14.79          | 11.6802000                   |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu        | 0.00            | 8.23            | 69.67          | 0.0000000                    |

| 21   | Telangana           | 0.00   | 3.78   | 20.12   |   2.7222855 |
|------|---------------------|--------|--------|---------|-------------|
| 22   | Tripura             | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.00    |     0.7     |
| 23   | Uttarakhand         | 0.01   | 22.13  | 25.973  |    10.35    |
| 24   | Uttar Pradesh       | 0.00   | 5.86   | 1.16    |     2.3174  |
| 25   | West Bengal         | 0.00   | 3.09   | 0.17    |     6.3     |
| 26   | Chandigarh          | 1.26   | 9.09   | 6.72    |     1.72572 |
| 27   | Manipur             | 0.00   | 0.91   | 8.11    |     0       |
| 28   | Himachal Pradesh    | 0.00   | 0.00   | 5.4315  |     0       |
| 29   | Mizoram             |        |        |         |     4.5423  |
| 30   | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.00   | 0.00   | 0.0000  |    14.0595  |
|      | Sub- Total          | 3.68   | 98.14  | 343.89  |   128.25    |
| 31   | PSU/Govt Department | 0.00   | 18.52  | 74.7439 |    16.5235  |
| 32   | SECI                | 0.00   | 128.00 | 250.00  |     0       |
| 33   | NISE                | 0.00   | 2.62   | 0.00    |     0       |
| 34   | TERI                | 0.00   | 0.09   | 0.00    |     0       |
| 35   | others (NFDC)       | 0.00   | 0.017  | 9.380   |     0       |
|      | Total               | 3.68   | 247.39 | 678.01  |   144.773   |

## (IV) OFF-GRID SPV SCHEME

## State-wise details of funds released for Solar Off grid applications for the last three years and current year (upto 31.12.2017)

(Rs. In lakhs)

|    | States/UTs        |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 | Andhra Pradesh    |      3205 |     10368 |      3953 |      6530 |
|  2 | Arunachal Pradesh |       261 |        57 |       694 |       155 |
|  3 | Assam             |        57 |       439 |      1358 |       377 |
|  4 | Bihar             |       648 |      1541 |         0 |         0 |
|  5 | Chhattisgarh      |      3014 |      3327 |      6549 |     11163 |
|  6 | Delhi             |       102 |       124 |         0 |         0 |
|  7 | Gujarat           |      1689 |      1797 |      2608 |      2622 |
|  8 | Haryana           |       624 |      1922 |         0 |         0 |
|  9 | Himachal Pradesh  |      1628 |      4100 |      2650 |         0 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir   |      1915 |      4395 |      2466 |         0 |
| 11 | Jharkhand         |       651 |      1551 |         0 |       555 |
| 12 | Karnataka         |       834 |        66 |      3901 |         0 |
| 13 | Kerala            |      2370 |       965 |      2359 |       778 |
| 14 | Lakshadweep       |         0 |       375 |         0 |         0 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh    |      1570 |        41 |        66 |      2536 |
| 16 | Maharashtra       |      3431 |      2442 |         0 |         0 |
| 17 | Manipur           |       147 |      1160 |       442 |         0 |
| 18 | Meghalaya         |       573 |       312 |      1354 |       167 |
| 19 | Mizoram           |       702 |       753 |      1354 |      1266 |
| 20 | Nagaland          |       350 |       555 |      1501 |       772 |
| 21 | Odisha            |      1294 |       195 |      1700 |       609 |
| 22 | Puducherry        |        26 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 23 | Punjab            |      1024 |       824 |         0 |         0 |
| 24 | Rajasthan         |     11489 |     20063 |      6711 |      3647 |
| 25 | Sikkim            |       141 |        28 |       282 |         0 |

| 26   | Tamil Nadu                          |   2939 |   8262 |   207 |     0 |
|------|-------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|
| 27   | Telangana                           |   2232 |   1502 |     0 |  2070 |
| 28   | Tripura                             |    113 |    347 |  1372 |     0 |
| 29   | Uttarakhand                         |    115 |   2510 |   373 |     0 |
| 30   | Uttar Pradesh                       |   4481 |   3851 |  1896 |  2666 |
| 31   | West Bengal                         |    167 |     34 |     0 |     0 |
| 32   | Chandigarh                          |    276 |      0 |     0 |     0 |
| 33   | Others/NABARD/Channel Partners etc. |  13411 |  26515 | 11266 | 26207 |
|      | Total                               |  61479 | 100421 | 55065 | 62120 |