Lok Sabha Question No. 2947 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Development of Solar Cities Programme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI, KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2947

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR CITIES PROGRAMME

## 2947. DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU: SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a): whether the Government is implementing the Development of Solar Cities Programme;
- (b): if so, the details thereof along with the details of cities covered under the said Programme, State/UT-wise;
- (c): the Status of implementation of the said Programme in the said cities;
- (d): the funds allocated and released under the said Programme till date, State/UT-wise;
- (e): whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  with  regard  to  the  targets  fixed  and achieved under the said Programme and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (f): whether the Government proposes to include more cities under the said Programme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  is  implementing  the  Solar  Cities Programme and have approved/sanctioned 60 cities under Development of Solar Cities Programme, upto  12th  Five-year  Plan  period.  The  state/UT-wise  details  of  all  60  solar  cities  are  given  in Annexure-I.
- (c): The Master Plans of 49 cities have been prepared and stake-holder's Committees have been constituted in 21 cities. Solar City cells have been created in 37 solar cities. Solar PV projects with aggregate capacity of 8069.16 kWP and Solar Water Heating Systems with aggregate capacity of 7894 meter square collector area have been sanctioned under the programme.
- (d): The State/UT-wise details  of  funds  sanctioned  and  released  so  far  under  Development  of Solar Cities Programme are given in Annexure-II .
- (e): No such study has been conducted under the Programme.
- (f): No such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry.

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Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2947 to be answered on 04-01-2018 regarding 'Development of Solar Cities Programme' by Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu and Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil.

State-wise names of approved solar cities

| Sr. No.   | States/UTs        | Approved Solar Cities   |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Vijayawada              |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Kakinada                |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | Narsapur Town           |
| 2         | Assam             | Guwahati                |
| 2         | Assam             | Jorhat                  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar                |
| 4         | Bihar             | Gaya                    |
| 5         | Chandigarh        | Chandigarh              |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | Bilaspur                |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | Raipur                  |
| 7         | Gujarat           | Rajkot                  |
| 7         | Gujarat           | Gandhinagar             |
| 7         | Gujarat           | Surat                   |
| 8         | Goa               | Panaji City             |
| 9         | Haryana           | Gurgaon                 |
| 9         | Haryana           | Faridabad               |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | Shimla                  |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | Hamirpur                |
| 11        | Karnataka         | Mysore                  |
| 11        | Karnataka         | Hubli-Dharwad           |
| 12        | Kerala            | Thiruvananthapuram      |
| 12        | Kerala            | Kochi                   |
| 13        | Maharashtra       | Nagpur                  |
|           | Maharashtra       | Thane                   |
|           | Maharashtra       | Kalyan-Dombivli         |
|           | Maharashtra       | Aurangabad              |
|           | Maharashtra       | Nanded                  |
|           | Maharashtra       | Pune                    |
|           | Maharashtra       | Shirdi                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | Indore                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | Gwalior                 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | Bhopal                  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | Jabalpur                |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | Rewa                    |
| 15        | Manipur           | Imphal                  |
| 16        | Mizoram           | Aizawl                  |

|   17 | Nagaland        | Kohima                |
|------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|   17 | Nagaland        | Dimapur               |
|   18 | Delhi           | New Delhi (NDMC area) |
|   19 | Odisha          | Bhubaneswar           |
|   20 | Punjab          | Amritsar              |
|   20 | Punjab          | Ludhiana              |
|   20 | Punjab          | SAS Nagar (Mohali)    |
|   21 | Rajasthan       | Ajmer                 |
|   21 | Rajasthan       | Jaipur                |
|   21 | Rajasthan       | Jodhpur               |
|   22 | Tamil Nadu      | Coimbatore            |
|   23 | Telangana       | Mahbubnagar           |
|   24 | Tripura         | Agartala              |
|   25 | Uttarakhand     | Dehradun              |
|   25 | Uttarakhand     | Haridwar & Rishikesh  |
|   25 | Uttarakhand     | Chamoli-Gopeshwar     |
|   26 | Uttar Pradesh   | Agra                  |
|   26 | Uttar Pradesh   | Moradabad             |
|   26 | Uttar Pradesh   | Allahabad             |
|   27 | West Bengal     | Howrah                |
|   27 | West Bengal     | Madhyamgram           |
|   27 | West Bengal     | New Town Kolkata      |
|   28 | Jammu & Kashmir | Leh                   |
|   29 | Puducherry      | Puducherry            |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2947 to be answered on 04-01-2018 regarding 'Development of Solar Cities Programme' by Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu and Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil.

State-wise cumulative funds allocated and released so far including the current year (i.e. upto 31-12-2017) under 'Development of Solar Cities Programme'.

| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | (Rs. in crore)   | (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl.No.   | State/UT          | Funds sanctioned | Funds Released   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3.46             | 1.654            |
| 2        | Assam             | 0.94             | 0.25             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.47             | 0.16             |
| 4        | Chandigarh        | 9.99             | 8.82             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 3.40             | 0.24             |
| 6        | Delhi             | 0.500            | 0.00             |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 13.405           | 0.61             |
| 8        | Goa               | 0.43             | 0.020            |
| 9        | Haryana           | 3.457            | 0.35             |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 3.40             | 1.79             |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 10.36            | 0.87             |
| 12       | Kerala            | 0.39             | 0.19             |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1.48             | 0.43             |
| 14       | Maharashtra       | 17.41            | 3.655            |
| 15       | Manipur           | 0.49             | 0.040            |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 2.989            | 2.53             |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 0.96             | 0.24             |
| 18       | Odisha            | 9.970            | 0.040            |
| 19       | Puducherry        | 2.99             | 0.311            |
| 20       | Punjab            | 3.90             | 0.26             |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 0.94             | 0.03             |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu        | 2.99             | 0.66             |
| 23       | Tripura           | 2.96             | 1.37             |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.49             | 0.66             |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       | 1.37             | 0.32             |
| 26       | West Bengal       | 1.50             | 0.42             |
| Total    | Total             | 101.641          | 25.92            |