Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Financial Assistance for setting up of Solar Mini/Micro Grids
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 318

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## Financial Assistance for setting up of Solar Mini/Micro Grids

## 318. SHRI DILIP PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government provides any financial assistance for setting up of Solar Mini/Micro Grids;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the financial assistance provided for the said purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;  and
- (d) the number of beneficiaries under the scheme during the said period, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b): MNRE is providing Central Financial Assistance of Rs. 105/ Wp for installation of Mini/Micro Grids under Off-Grid and Decentralized Solar PV Applications Programme.
- (c): Fund released to States for off-grid applications including Mini/Micro Grids during the last three years and current year is placed at 'Annexure-I'.
- (d): A  total  of  21,24,722  individual  beneficiaries  benefited  under  off  grid  program  which includes mini/micro grids. State wise number of beneficiaries is placed at Annexure 2.

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## Annexure 1 referred to in reply to Part (c) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 318 to be answered on 17.11.2016

State wise fund released under Off Grid programme during last three year and current year

|   1 | States/UTs        |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   |   Total |
|-----|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|   2 | Andhra Pradesh    |        29 |      3205 |     10368 | 3953      |   17556 |
|   3 | Arunachal Pradesh |       428 |       261 |        57 |           |     746 |
|   4 | Assam             |       304 |        57 |       439 | 919       |     801 |
|   5 | Bihar             |       350 |       648 |      1541 |           |    2539 |
|   6 | Chhattisgarh      |      1115 |      3014 |      3327 | 6205      |    7456 |
|   7 | Delhi             |         0 |       102 |       124 |           |     226 |
|   8 | Gujarat           |         7 |      1689 |      1797 | 26        |    3493 |
|   9 | Haryana           |         0 |       624 |      1922 |           |    2546 |
|  10 | Himachal Pradesh  |      2098 |      1628 |      4100 | 3530      |    7826 |
|  11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |      3697 |      1915 |      4395 | 2303      |   10006 |
|  12 | Jharkhand         |         0 |       651 |      1551 |           |    2202 |
|  13 | Karnataka         |       840 |       834 |        66 | 1458      |    1740 |
|  14 | Kerala            |         0 |      2370 |       965 | 1376      |    3335 |
|  15 | Lakshadweep       |       645 |         0 |       375 |           |    1020 |
|  16 | Madhya Pradesh    |         0 |      1570 |        41 |           |    1611 |
|  17 | Maharashtra       |         0 |      3431 |      2442 | 264       |    5873 |
|  18 | Manipur           |       369 |       147 |      1160 |           |    1676 |
|  19 | Meghalaya         |       502 |       573 |       312 | 520       |    1387 |
|  20 | Mizoram           |       394 |       702 |       753 | 831       |    1849 |
|  21 | Nagaland          |       425 |       350 |       555 | 1708      |    1330 |
|  22 | Odisha            |         0 |      1294 |       195 |           |    1489 |
|  23 | Puducherry        |         0 |        26 |         0 |           |      26 |
|  24 | Punjab            |       203 |      1024 |       824 |           |    2051 |
|  25 | Rajasthan         |      1248 |     11489 |     20063 | 6791      |   32800 |
|  26 | Sikkim            |       820 |       141 |        28 | 146       |     989 |
|  27 | Tamil Nadu        |      2029 |      2939 |      8262 |           |   13230 |
|  28 | Telangana         |         0 |      2232 |      1502 |           |    3734 |
|  29 | Tripura           |         0 |       113 |       347 |           |     460 |
|  30 | Uttarakhand       |      4057 |       115 |      2510 | 372       |    6682 |
|  31 | Uttar Pradesh     |        17 |      4481 |      3851 | 257       |    8349 |
|  32 | West Bengal       |         0 |       167 |        34 |           |     201 |
|  33 | Chandigarh        |         0 |       276 |         0 |           |     276 |

Annexure 2  in reply to Part (d) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 318 to be answered on 17.11.2016

| State             |   Beneficiary |
|-------------------|---------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |         82553 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |         33396 |
| Assam             |          8092 |
| Bihar             |         60402 |
| Chhattisgarh      |         15913 |
| Delhi             |          4897 |
| Goa               |          1501 |
| Gujarat           |         47588 |
| Haryana           |        151123 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |         56507 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |        116582 |
| Jharkhand         |         34719 |
| Karnataka         |         60079 |
| Kerala            |         95589 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |         17273 |
| Maharashtra       |         72937 |
| Manipur           |          8727 |
| Meghalaya         |         32738 |
| Mizoram           |         16427 |
| Nagaland          |          7814 |
| Odisha            |         21369 |
| Punjab            |         28393 |
| Rajasthan         |        184536 |
| Sikkim            |         38359 |
| Tamil Nadu        |        159391 |
| Telangana         |           424 |
| Tripura           |         97156 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |        305339 |
| Uttarakhand       |        185548 |
| West Bengal       |        163647 |
| Andaman& Nicobar  |          6769 |
| Chandigarh        |          1962 |
| Lakshadweep       |          5289 |
| Puducherry        |          1683 |
| Total             |       2124722 |