Lok Sabha Question No. 2628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Electricity to Farmers through Renewable Energy Sources
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2628

TO BE ANSWERED ON-02.08.2018

## ELECTRICITY TO FARMERS THROUGH RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

## 2628. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  electricity  to  the  farmers  through  renewable energy sources by formulating subsidy-based renewable energy policy in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Karnataka;

(c) whether the Government is considering to provide financial assistance for carrying out new research and development in the renewable energy sector;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether any proposal has been received by the Government in this regard; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Under Off-grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is providing subsidy up to 30% of the benchmark cost of the solar water pumps to the farmers.

Till date over 1.85 lakh solar water pumps have been reported installed under the Programme. State-wise details are given in Annexure .

(c)  to  (f)  The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  provides  financial  support  to  various R&D/academic institutions for research in the field of solar, wind, biogas, biofuel, storage, etc. for technology development and demonstration leading to commercialization. A comprehensive policy  and  guidelines  for  research,  development  and  demonstration  (RD&D)  for  new  and renewable energy sector are in place. Under these guidelines Central Financial assistance up to 50% of the project cost can be provided for the projects that involve partnership with industry / civil society. However,  for proposals from academic  institutions, Government/non-profit research organizations and NGOs, financial assistance up to total project cost can be provided. MNRE sanctioned  112  R&D  Projects  to  various  R&D/Academic  institutions,  industries,  etc. with total financial support of Rs. 523.43 crore in renewable energy sector in the country during the 12th Plan Period.

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Annexure

Annexure referred in reply to Parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2628 for  answer  on  02/08/2018  regarding  'Electricity  to  Farmers  through  Renewable  Energy Sources'

## State-wise List of Solar Water Pumps installed till 30.06.2018

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   Solar Pumps installed as on 30.06.2018 |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                    30344 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       22 |
|        3 | Assam             |                                       45 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                     1882 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                    43408 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                       15 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                    11522 |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                     1293 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                        6 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                       39 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |                                     3702 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |                                     5011 |
|       13 | Kerala            |                                      818 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                     6034 |
|       15 | Maharashtra       |                                     3315 |
|       16 | Manipur           |                                       40 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |                                       19 |
|       18 | Mizoram           |                                       37 |
|       19 | Nagaland          |                                        3 |
|       20 | Orissa            |                                     8937 |
|       21 | Punjab            |                                     1857 |
|       22 | Rajasthan         |                                    42581 |
|       23 | Tamil Nadu        |                                     4459 |
|       24 | Tripura           |                                      151 |
|       25 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                    14696 |
|       26 | Uttarakhand       |                                       26 |
|       27 | West Bengal       |                                      653 |
|       28 | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                        5 |
|       29 | Chandigarh        |                                       12 |
|       30 | Delhi             |                                       90 |
|       31 | Puducherry        |                                       21 |
|       32 | Telangana         |                                      424 |

| 33   | NABARD   |   4012 |
|------|----------|--------|
|      | Total    | 185479 |