Lok Sabha Question No. 1030 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Projects for Harnessing Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1030

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2017

## PROJECTS FOR HARNESSING SOLAR ENERGY

## 1030. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a): the details of projects to harness solar energy that have been completed in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b): the cost effectiveness of such projects;
- (c): whether inspection of the incomplete projects are conducted regularly; and
- (d): if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  name  of  the  Authority  which  conduct  such inspections?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  State-wise  details  of  grid  connected  solar  power  installed  capacity  are  given  in Annexure.
- (b): Solar power tariff has come down from Rs. 17.91/unit in 2010 to Rs. 2.44/unit in 2017 for a project at Bhadla, Rajasthan which reflects solar power is becoming cost effective.
- (c) and (d): The projects are regularly monitored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and implementing agencies on regular basis through review meetings and field inspections etc.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1030 FOR 21.12.2017

## State/UT-wise details of solar energy generation capacity installed during each of the last three years and current year

| Sr. No.   | State/UT              |   Installed Capacity during 2014-15 |   Installed Capacity during 2015-16 |   Installed Capacity during 2016-17 |   Installed Capacity during 2017-18 (upto 15.12.2017) |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar     |                                0    |                                0    |                                1.46 |                                                  6.05 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh        |                              126.77 |                              435.11 |                             1294.26 |                                                297.99 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh     |                                0    |                                0.24 |                                0    |                                                  4.12 |
| 4         | Assam                 |                                0    |                                0    |                               11.78 |                                                  0    |
| 5         | Bihar                 |                                0    |                                5.1  |                              103.42 |                                                 33    |
| 6         | Chandigarh            |                                2.5  |                                2.31 |                               10.52 |                                                  1.57 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh          |                                0.5  |                               85.98 |                               35.28 |                                                 50.52 |
| 8         | Dadar &Nagar          |                                0    |                                0    |                                2.97 |                                                  0    |
| 9         | Daman & Diu           |                                0    |                                4    |                                6.46 |                                                  0    |
| 10        | Delhi                 |                                0.32 |                                8.82 |                               25.99 |                                                 17.75 |
| 11        | Goa                   |                                0    |                                0    |                                0.71 |                                                  0    |
| 12        | Gujarat               |                               83.65 |                              119.12 |                              130.19 |                                                 54.74 |
| 13        | Haryana               |                                2.5  |                                2.59 |                               66.01 |                                                122.45 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh      |                                0    |                                0.2  |                                0.53 |                                                  0.75 |
| 15        | J&K                   |                                0    |                                1    |                                0.36 |                                                  1    |
| 16        | Jharkhand             |                                0    |                                0.19 |                                7.08 |                                                  0    |
| 17        | Karnataka             |                               46.22 |                               68.24 |                              882.38 |                                                773.01 |
| 18        | Kerala                |                                0    |                               13.02 |                               61.15 |                                                 14    |
| 19        | Lakshadweep           |                                0    |                                0    |                                0    |                                                  0    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh        |                              205    |                              217.79 |                               80.67 |                                                327.82 |
| 21        | Maharashtra           |                               82.23 |                               25.01 |                               66.61 |                                                 69.51 |
| 22        | Manipur               |                                0    |                                0    |                                0.03 |                                                  1.3  |
| 23        | Meghlya               |                                0    |                                0    |                                0.01 |                                                  0.05 |
| 24        | Mizoram               |                                0    |                                0.1  |                                0    |                                                  0.1  |
| 25        | Nagaland              |                                0    |                                0    |                                0.5  |                                                  0    |
| 26        | Odisha                |                                2.26 |                               35.16 |                               12.5  |                                                  0.09 |
| 27        | Puducherry            |                                0    |                                0    |                                0.05 |                                                  0.03 |
| 28        | Punjab                |                              168.75 |                              219.79 |                              388.89 |                                                 82.85 |
| 29        | Rajasthan             |                              228.85 |                              327.83 |                              543    |                                                497.53 |
| 30        | Sikkim                |                                0    |                                0    |                                0    |                                                  0.01 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu            |                               54.12 |                              919.24 |                              630.01 |                                                127.59 |
| 32        | Telangana             |                               61.25 |                              360.8  |                              759.13 |                                               1703.09 |
| 33        | Tripura               |                                5    |                                0    |                                0.09 |                                                  0    |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh         |                               42.16 |                               72.24 |                              193.24 |                                                172.65 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand           |                                0    |                               36.15 |                              192.35 |                                                 13.4  |
| 36        | West Bengal           |                                0    |                                0.56 |                               18.37 |                                                 13.7  |
| 37        | Other rooftop/MoR/PSU |                                0    |                               58.31 |                                0    |                                                  0    |
|           | TOTAL                 |                             1112.07 |                             3018.88 |                             5525.75 |                                               4386.67 |