Lok Sabha Question No. 917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Installed Capacity of Solar based Power Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA, ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 917

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017

## INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR BASED POWER GENERATION

## 917. SHRI HARISH MEENA: SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

- (a) the total installed capacity of solar based power generation in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the quantum of solar energy generated during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  provides  any  incentives  to  firms  producing  or  using  solar power;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to manufacture equipment for generation of electricity and to derive maximum benefit from renewable energy and to promote renewable/solar energy in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State-wise  details  of  total  grid  connected  solar  power  generation  capacity  are  given  at Annexure-I.
- (b): As per the report received from Central Electricity Authority, State-wise details of solar power generated during each of the last three years and current year are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d): The Government is promoting solar energy through various fiscal and promotional incentives such as capital subsidy, generation based incentive, accelerated depreciation, viability gap funding (VGF), financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, concessional custom duty, preferential tariff for power generation from renewables, and Foreign Direct investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route etc. The Goods and Services Tax introduced recently, has been kept at lower level of 5% to promote the solar sector.
- (e): The Government has been supporting solar manufacturing by way of various mechanisms such as Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) of the Ministry of Electronics & Information  Technology (MeitY). The scheme, inter alia,  provides  20-25%  subsidy  on  capital expenditure for setting up of electronic manufacturing facilities including manufacturing of Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) (Polysilicon, Ingots. and/ or Wafers, Cells, Modules/Panels). Units across the value  chain  starting  from  raw  materials  to  assembly,  testing,  and  packaging  of  these  product categories are included.

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## ANNEXURE- I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 917 FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2017

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POWER GENERATION CAPACITY INSTALLED

(As on 30.06.17)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     |   Total cumulative capacity till 30.06.2017 (in MW) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                               |                                             2010.87 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                                                0.27 |
| 3         | Bihar                                        |                                              111.52 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                 |                                              128.86 |
| 5         | Gujarat                                      |                                             1262.1  |
| 6         | Haryana                                      |                                               81.4  |
| 7         | Jharkhand                                    |                                               23.27 |
| 8         | Karnataka                                    |                                             1180.38 |
| 9         | Kerala                                       |                                               74.2  |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh                               |                                              857.04 |
| 11        | Maharashtra                                  |                                              452.36 |
| 12        | Odisha                                       |                                               79.42 |
| 13        | Punjab                                       |                                              809.45 |
| 14        | Rajasthan                                    |                                             1961.21 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                                   |                                             1697.32 |
| 16        | Telangana                                    |                                             1609.27 |
| 17        | Tripura                                      |                                                5.09 |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh                                |                                              359    |
| 19        | Uttarakhand                                  |                                              233.48 |
| 20        | West Bengal                                  |                                               26.14 |
| 21        | Andaman & Nicobar                            |                                                6.56 |
| 22        | Delhi                                        |                                               40.27 |
| 23        | Lakshadweep                                  |                                                0.75 |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   |                                                0.08 |
| 25        | Chandigarh                                   |                                               17.32 |
| 26        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                       |                                                2.97 |
| 27        | Goa                                          |                                                0.71 |
| 28        | Manipur                                      |                                                0.03 |
| 29        | Meghalaya                                    |                                                0.01 |
| 30        | Nagaland                                     |                                                0.5  |
| 31        | Daman & Diu                                  |                                               10.46 |
| 32        | J&K                                          |                                                1.36 |
| 33        | Himachal Pradesh                             |                                                0.73 |
| 34        | Mizoram                                      |                                                0.1  |
| 35        | Assam                                        |                                               11.78 |
| 36        | Others data from rooftop division cumulative |                                               58.31 |
|           | TOTAL                                        |                                            13114.6  |

## ANNEXURE- II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 917 FOR ANSWER ON 20.07.2017

## SOLAR GENERATION DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

| Sl. No.   | State / Utility                   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17   | ( All figures in MU) 2017-18 (Upto May '2017)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Chandigarh                        |     2.23  |      3.4  | 13.16     | 2.20                                            |
| 2         | Delhi                             |     3.184 |      4.11 | 5.68      | 2.44                                            |
| 3         | Haryana                           |    10.362 |    114.96 | 19.70     | 64.00                                           |
| 4         | HP                                |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | -                                               |
| 5         | J & K                             |     0     |      0    | 0.77      | -                                               |
| 6         | Punjab                            |   129.889 |    380.57 | 909.20    | 247.70                                          |
| 7         | Rajasthan                         |  1259.18  |   1766.1  | 2,131.61  | 503.88                                          |
| 8         | Uttar Pradesh                     |    20.128 |     89.75 | 230.95    | 80.36                                           |
| 9         | Uttarakhand                       |    11.63  |      5.87 | 37.77     | 7.00                                            |
| 10        | NTPC(Dadri, Faridabad & Unchahar) |    22.896 |     42.41 | 74.90     | 78.95                                           |
| 11        | Oil India Ltd                     |     9.144 |      9.9  | 25.59     | 4.30                                            |
| 12        | Chhattisgarh                      |    13.543 |     52.7  | 120.91    | 22.11                                           |
| 13        | NTPC (Rajgarh)                    |    62.939 |     81    | 82.21     | 16.30                                           |
| 14        | Gujarat                           |  1474.56  |   1497.6  | 1,738.28  | 373.05                                          |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                    |   562.292 |   1105.28 | 1,366.10  | 296.51                                          |
| 16        | Maharashtra                       |   349.32  |    638.76 | 577.83    | 132.72                                          |
| 17        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli              |     0.033 |      0.5  | 1.31      | 0.90                                            |
| 18        | Daman & Diu                       |     0.15  |      4.25 | 14.43     | 3.72                                            |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh                    |   159.772 |    282.67 | 1,599.78  | 523.40                                          |
| 20        | Telangana                         |   138.125 |    402.51 | 1,337.90  | 416.01                                          |
| 21        | Karnataka                         |   100.391 |    187.69 | 524.67    | 274.11                                          |
| 22        | Kerala                            |     0     |      7.38 | 26.52     | 4.99                                            |
| 23        | NTPC (Ramagundam)                 |    15.619 |     16.02 | 350.53    | 78.42                                           |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                        |   158.748 |    507.18 | 1,898.34  | 471.60                                          |
| 25        | Lakshadweep                       |     5.129 |      1.02 | 1.59      | 0.39                                            |
| 26        | Punducherry                       |     0     |      0    | 0.34      | 0.04                                            |
| 27        | Andaman & Nicobar                 |     0     |      6.26 | 6.17      | 1.03                                            |
| 28        | Bihar                             |     0     |      6.39 | 109.18    | 24.42                                           |
| 29        | Jharkhand                         |     8.317 |     19.77 | 38.47     | 3.70                                            |
| 30        | Orissa                            |    44.939 |    150.73 | 210.81    | 43.34                                           |
| 31        | Sikkim                            |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00                                            |
| 32        | West Bengal                       |     7.074 |      6.28 | 14.96     | 3.51                                            |
| 33        | DVC                               |     0     |      0    | 0.01      | 0.01                                            |
| 34        | NTPC (Andaman & Talcher)          |    18.79  |     18.91 | 20.00     | 3.86                                            |
| 35        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |     0     |      0.22 | 0.14      | 0.02                                            |
| 36        | Assam                             |     9.647 |     31.6  | 2.69      | 0.98                                            |
| 37        | Manipur                           |     0     |      0    | 0.01      | 0.01                                            |
| 38        | Meghalaya                         |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00                                            |
| 39        | Mizoram                           |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00                                            |
| 40        | Nagaland                          |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00                                            |
| 41        | Tripura                           |     0     |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00                                            |
| 41        | NEEPCO                            |     0.984 |      6.15 | 6.89      | 1.17                                            |
| Total     |                                   |  4599.02  |   7447.92 | 13499.41  | 3687.13                                         |