Lok Sabha Question No. 1090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Promotion of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1090

TO BE ANSWERED ON-08.02.2018

## PROMOTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

## 1090. DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD

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

- (a) the policy of the Government regarding promotion of solar energy in the country along with the details of programmes and schemes being implemented in this regard;
- (b) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  and  enhance  the  public  and  private dependency on solar energy;
- (c) the number of solar power projects of national importance initiated, finalized and made functional during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) the details regarding the international alliance and the role of India to promote solar energy to replace conventional systems of energy?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Government has revised the target for installing grid connected solar capacity from 20 GW to 100  GW  by  2022.  The  Government  have  launched  various  schemes  to  achieve  the  target  as detailed in the Annexure-I.
- (b) The Government is promoting development of solar energy in the country through various fiscal and promotional incentives such as capital 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  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.

- (c) The State-wise details of grid connected solar power installed capacity during the last three years is given in Annexure- II.
- (d) The  International  Solar  Alliance  (ISA)  is  an  Indian  initiative  launched  jointly  by  the  Prime Minister of India and the President of France on 30 th November, 2015 in Paris, France on the sidelines of COP-21, the UN Climate Conference. It aims at addressing obstacles to deployment of solar energy at scale through better harmonization and aggregation of demand from 121 solar rich countries lying fully or partially between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. As on  date,  50  countries  have  signed  and  of  these  22  countries  have  ratified  the  Framework Agreement of ISA. In conformity with ISA Framework Agreement, with ratification by Guinea as the 15 th country on 6 th November 2017, one month after the date on 6 th December 2017, ISA has become a full-fledged treaty based international inter-governmental organization head- quartered in  India.  ISA  Secretariat  is  located  in  the  campus  of  National  Institute  of  Solar  Energy, Gwalpahari, Gurugram, Haryana. India has offered to meet ISA Secretariat expenses for initial five years.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO.1090 FOR 08.02.2018

## Details of schemes launched for promotion of solar energy

| i.   | Solar Park Scheme for setting up of over 50 Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects targeting over 40,000 MWof solar power projects.                                                 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ii.  | Scheme for setting up 1000 MWof Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects by Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and Government of India organisations with Viability Gap Funding (VGF). |
| iii. | Scheme for setting up 300MW of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects by Defence Establishments and Para Military Forces with VGF.                                                           |
| iv.  | Pilot-cum-demonstration projects for development of grid connected solar PV power plants on canal banks and canal tops.                                                                      |
| v.   | Bundling Scheme - 15000 MW grid-connected solar PV power plants through National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd./ National Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN).                                 |
| vi.  | VGF Schemes for setting up of Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).                                                                       |
| vii. | Installation of Grid Connected Solar Rooftop Power Plants.                                                                                                                                   |

## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1090 FOR 08.02.2018

## State/UT-wise details of solar energy generation capacity installed during last three years

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     | Installed Capacity during 2014-15   | Installed Capacity during 2015-16   | Installed Capacity during 2016-17   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     | (in MW)                             | (in MW)                             | (in MW)                             |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                               | 126.77                              | 435.11                              | 1294.034                            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 0                                   | 0.24                                | 0.005                               |
| 3         | Bihar                                        | 0                                   | 5.1                                 | 103.42                              |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                 | 0.5                                 | 85.98                               | 35.28                               |
| 5         | Gujarat                                      | 83.65                               | 119.12                              | 130.197                             |
| 6         | Haryana                                      | 2.5                                 | 2.59                                | 66.013                              |
| 7         | Jharkhand                                    | 0                                   | 0.19                                | 7.084                               |
| 8         | Karnataka                                    | 46.22                               | 68.24                               | 882.378                             |
| 9         | Kerala                                       | 0                                   | 13.02                               | 61.155                              |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh                               | 205                                 | 217.79                              | 80.67                               |
| 11        | Maharashtra                                  | 82.23                               | 25.01                               | 66.614                              |
| 12        | Odisha                                       | 2.26                                | 35.16                               | 12.5                                |
| 13        | Punjab                                       | 168.75                              | 219.79                              | 388.887                             |
| 14        | Rajasthan                                    | 228.85                              | 327.83                              | 542.998                             |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                                   | 54.12                               | 919.24                              | 630.01                              |
| 16        | Telangana                                    | 61.25                               | 360.8                               | 759.137                             |
| 17        | Tripura                                      | 5                                   | 0                                   | 0.09                                |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh                                | 42.16                               | 72.24                               | 193.235                             |
| 19        | Uttarakhand                                  | 0                                   | 36.15                               | 192.345                             |
| 20        | West Bengal                                  | 0                                   | 0.56                                | 18.368                              |
| 21        | Andaman &Nicobar                             | 0                                   | 0                                   | 1.46                                |
| 22        | Delhi                                        | 0.32                                | 8.82                                | 25.99                               |
| 23        | Lakshadweep                                  | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   | 0                                   | 0                                   | 0.055                               |
| 25        | Chandigarh                                   | 2.5                                 | 2.31                                | 10.514                              |
| 26        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                       |                                     |                                     | 2.97                                |
| 27        | Goa                                          |                                     |                                     | 0.71                                |
| 28        | Manipur                                      |                                     |                                     | 0.03                                |
| 29        | Meghalaya                                    |                                     |                                     | 0.01                                |
| 30        | Nagaland                                     |                                     |                                     | 0.5                                 |
| 31        | Daman &Diu                                   | 0                                   | 4                                   | 6.46                                |
| 32        | J&K                                          | 0                                   | 1                                   | 0.36                                |
| 33        | Himachal Pradesh                             | 0                                   | 0.2                                 | 0.529                               |
| 34        | Mizoram                                      | 0                                   | 0.1                                 | 0                                   |
| 35        | Assam                                        | 0                                   | 0                                   | 11.78                               |
| 36        | Others data from rooftop division cumulative | 0                                   | 58.31                               | 0                                   |
|           | TOTAL                                        | 1112.1                              | 3018.88                             | 5525.78                             |