Lok Sabha Question No. 2626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Cess on Coal
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO, PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2626

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2016

## 'CESS ON COAL'

## 2626.  SHRI ARKA KESHARI DEO: SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

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

(a) whether the cess on coal is being used for generating solar energy other than the donor States;

(b) if so, the details of these States and the solar energy investment in the country during the current year;

(c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  invest  a  part  of  the  cess  on  coal  for  research  and development of Clean Energy Technology (CET) in the donor States;

(d) if so, the details of investment likely to be made, State-wise;

(e) whether the Government proposes to announce tax incentives for electricity storage technology manufacturing and other steps like viability gap funding; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): National  Clean  Energy  Fund  (NCEF)  was  created  out  of  cess    on  Coal  produced  /  imported ('polluter pays' principle) for the purposes of financing and promoting clean energy initiatives, funding research in the area of clean energy or for any other purpose relating thereto. All clean energy as well as clean  environment  initiatives  are  eligible  for  funding  under  NCEF  including  solar  energy  generation throughout the country irrespective of the donor states.

(b): Till 31-10-2016, a sum of Rs 1308.36 crore has been released as central financial assistance(CFA) by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to install solar energy projects all over the country during the current financial year. The state-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive solar power during the current financial year 2016-17 (as on 31-10-2016) is given in the Annexure.

(c)&(d): Any project/scheme relating to Innovative methods to adopt to Clean Energy Technology and Research & Development (R&D) shall be eligible for funding under the NCEF, irrespective of the state. MNRE has released a total sum of Rs 176.15 crore upto 31-10-2016 as CFA to various institutions / organisations to promote R&D activities during the current financial year.

(e) & (f): The  tax  exemptions  including  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)  are  already  available  for renewable energy projects and if the electricity storage technology is a part of the projects, the electricity storage  component  will  also  be  eligible  for  the  tax  exemption.  No  separate  tax  exemption  or  VGF  is being provided at present for electricity storage technology manufacturing.

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## Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2626 for 1-12-2016 regarding 'Cess on Coal'

## State-wise capacity addition of solar power during 2016-17 (upto 31-10-16).

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     | Capacity commissioned in 2016-17 (MW)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                               | 395.08                                  |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                            | -                                       |
| 3         | Bihar                                        | 90.00                                   |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                 | 34.98                                   |
| 5         | Gujarat                                      | 19.01                                   |
| 6         | Haryana                                      | 2.00                                    |
| 7         | Jharkhand                                    | 0.65                                    |
| 8         | Karnataka                                    | 194.62                                  |
| 9         | Kerala                                       | -                                       |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh                               | 35.01                                   |
| 11        | Maharashtra                                  | 0.30                                    |
| 12        | Odisha                                       | -                                       |
| 13        | Punjab                                       | 166.14                                  |
| 14        | Rajasthan                                    | 31.23                                   |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                                   | 493.59                                  |
| 16        | Telangana                                    | 435.95                                  |
| 17        | Tripura                                      | -                                       |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh                                | -                                       |
| 19        | Uttarakhand                                  | -                                       |
| 20        | West Bengal                                  | 4.00                                    |
| 21        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                     | -                                       |
| 22        | Delhi                                        | 9.59                                    |
| 23        | Lakshadweep                                  | -                                       |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   | -                                       |
| 25        | Chandigarh                                   | -                                       |
| 26        | Daman &Diu                                   | -                                       |
| 27        | J&K                                          | -                                       |
| 28        | Himachal Pradesh                             | -                                       |
| 29        | Mizoram                                      | -                                       |
| 30        | Assam                                        | 10.00                                   |
| 31        | Others data from rooftop division cumulative | 42.61                                   |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                        | 1964.77                                 |