Lok Sabha Question No. 204 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Promotion of Stand-alone Solar Power Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 204

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## PROMOTION OF STAND-ALONE SOLAR POWER PROJECTS

## *204.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA :

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

- (a) whether the Government  proposes to promote stand-alone solar power projects in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government plans to establish sustainable rural electrification  programme through stand-alone solar power projects; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with  the details of rural electrification projects powered by these sources?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A), (B) AND (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

- a. Yes  Madam,  Ministry  is  providing  stand-alone  Solar  Power  Plants  under  Off-grid  and Decentralized Solar PV applications scheme throughout the country.  State-wise stand alone solar power plants installed under Off-grid programme is placed at Annexure-I.
- b. Under  Deen  Dayal  Upadhaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojna  (DDUGJY)  by  Rural  Electrification Corporation  Limited ( REC),  Standalone  Solar  Power  Projects  are  being  installed    for providing electricity access to the un-electrified villages/habitations and remote households in  highly  scattered  location  where  grid  connectivity  is  not  possible  due  to difficult terrain or forests. To ensure sustainability of the Standalone Power Projects. The developer who installs the system has to maintain them for 5 years. After 5 years the systems are to be handed over to the State Government.
- c. The  details  of  Standalone  Rural  Electrification  Projects  under  DDUGJY  are  placed  in Annexure II :-

## Annexure I to Reply Lok Sabha Starred question no.204 to be answered on 16.03.2017 regarding promotion of stand-alone solar power projects

|   S.no | State/UT          |   Stand alone solar Power Plants(kWp) |
|--------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                  3786 |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   600 |
|      3 | Assam             |                                  1605 |
|      4 | Bihar             |                                  3969 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                 28197 |
|      6 | Delhi             |                                  1269 |
|      7 | Goa               |                                    33 |
|      8 | Gujarat           |                                 13577 |
|      9 | Haryana           |                                  2321 |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                  1391 |
|     11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                  7720 |
|     12 | Jharkhand         |                                  3640 |
|     13 | Karnataka         |                                  4676 |
|     14 | Kerala            |                                 13894 |
|     15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                  3654 |
|     16 | Maharashtra       |                                  3858 |
|     17 | Manipur           |                                  1241 |
|     18 | Meghalaya         |                                   885 |
|     19 | Mizoram           |                                  1719 |
|     20 | Nagaland          |                                  1506 |
|     21 | Odisha            |                                   568 |
|     22 | Punjab            |                                  1950 |
|     23 | Rajasthan         |                                 10850 |
|     24 | Sikkim            |                                   850 |
|     25 | Tamil Nadu        |                                 12753 |
|     26 | Telangana         |                                  5374 |
|     27 | Tripura           |                                   657 |
|     28 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 10041 |
|     29 | Uttarakhand       |                                  1534 |
|     30 | West Bengal       |                                  1730 |
|     31 | Andaman &Nicobar  |                                   167 |
|     32 | Chandigarh        |                                   730 |
|     33 | Lakshadweep       |                                  2190 |
|     34 | Puducherry        |                                   121 |
|     35 | Others            |                                  3786 |

| Total   | 149053   |
|---------|----------|

## Annexure II to Reply Lok Sabha Starred question no.204 to be answered on 16.03.2017 regarding promotion of stand-alone solar power projects

| Sr. No   | Name of the State   |   No. of Un-electrified villages sanctioned under Standalone systems |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Assam               |                                                                  305 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                                                  895 |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh        |                                                                  333 |
| 4        | Jharkhand           |                                                                   24 |
| 5        | Karnataka           |                                                                    3 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                                    8 |
| 7        | Meghalaya           |                                                                   67 |
| 8        | Odisha              |                                                                  185 |
| 9        | Uttarakhand         |                                                                    3 |
|          | Total               |                                                                 1823 |