Lok Sabha Question No. 1502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Target for Generation of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1502

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## TARGET FOR GENERATION OF SOLAR ENERGY

1502.   SHRI LALLU SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any targets for generating solar energy in the country for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the achievements made so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  State  Governments  along  with  the  central  organisations  have  shown lackadaisical attitude in achieving these targets; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  thereon  so  as  to  achieve  the  targets, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): Yes, Madam. State-wise targets are not fixed. The country-wide targets and achievement for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 are given below:
- (b): State-wise  details  of  solar  power  generation  capacity  installed  in  the  country,  as  on 28.2.2017, are given at Annexure.
- (c): No,  Madam.  State  Governments  alongwith  the  central  organisations  are  working  in tandem and making concerted efforts to achieve the targets.
- (d): Government has launched several schemes for promotion of solar energy in the country to achieve the target. The Government is promoting solar energy through fiscal and promotional incentives  such  as  capital  and/or  interest  subsidy,  tax  holiday  on  the  earnings  for  10  years, generation  based  incentive,  accelerated  depreciation,  viability  gap  funding  (VGF),  financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, concessional excise and custom duties, preferential tariff for power generation from renewables, and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 per cent under the automatic route etc.

| Year    |   Target (MW) |   Achievement (MW) | Cumulative Achievement (MW)   |
|---------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |          2000 |               3019 | 6762.853                      |
| 2016-17 |         10500 |               2804 | 9566.62 (As on 28.02.2017)    |

This  apart,  the  Government  has  been  supporting  solar  manufacturing  by  way  of  various mechanisms  such  as  Modified  Special  Incentive  Package  Scheme  (M-SIPS)  of  Ministry  of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY).

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1502 FOR ANSWER ON 09.03.2017

State/UT-wise details of solar energy generation capacity installed

(As on 28.02.17)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     |   Total cumulative capacity |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                               |                      989.26 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                        0.27 |
| 3.        | Bihar                                        |                      105.91 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh                                 |                      135.19 |
| 5.        | Gujarat                                      |                     1160.77 |
| 6.        | Goa                                          |                        0.05 |
| 7.        | Haryana                                      |                       73.27 |
| 8.        | Jharkhand                                    |                       17.51 |
| 9.        | Karnataka                                    |                      511.69 |
| 10.       | Kerala                                       |                       15.86 |
| 11.       | Madhya Pradesh                               |                      850.35 |
| 12.       | Maharashtra                                  |                      430.46 |
| 13.       | Odisha                                       |                       77.64 |
| 14.       | Punjab                                       |                      592.35 |
| 15.       | Rajasthan                                    |                     1382.64 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu                                   |                     1590.97 |
| 17.       | Telangana                                    |                     1113.41 |
| 18.       | Tripura                                      |                        5.02 |
| 19.       | Uttar Pradesh                                |                      299.26 |
| 20.       | Uttarakhand                                  |                       45.1  |
| 21.       | West Bengal                                  |                       23.07 |
| 22.       | Andaman & Nicobar                            |                        5.4  |
| 23.       | Delhi                                        |                       38.78 |
| 24.       | Lakshadweep                                  |                        0.75 |
| 25.       | Puducherry                                   |                        0.03 |
| 26.       | Chandigarh                                   |                       16.2  |
| 27.       | Daman & Diu                                  |                       10    |
| 28.       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                         |                        0.6  |
| 29.       | J&K                                          |                        1    |
| 30.       | Himachal Pradesh                             |                        0.33 |
| 31.       | Mizoram                                      |                        0.1  |
| 32.       | Nagaland                                     |                        0.5  |
| 33.       | Manipur                                      |                        0.01 |
| 34.       | Meghalaya                                    |                        0.01 |
| 35.       | Sikkim                                       |                        0.01 |
| 36.       | Assam                                        |                       11.18 |
| 37.       | Others data from rooftop division cumulative |                       61.7  |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                        |                     9566.65 |