Lok Sabha Question No. 3117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Saur Sujala Yojana
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, ANIL SHIROLE, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3117

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## SAUR SUJALA YOJANA

## 3117. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

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

- (a) the salient features of Saur Sujala Yojana, its present status and the details of the States covered under this Yojana  so far, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Union Government is planning to cover some more States under this Yojana and if so, the details thereof and the time by which they are likely to be covered;
- (c) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from  some  of  the  States seeking to be covered under this Yojana and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Union Government in this regard;
- (d) the  details  of  the  funds  sanctioned,  allocated  and  utilised  under  this  Yojana,  State/UTwise;
- (e) the details of the targets set and achievements made under this Yojana so far along with its response, State/UT-wise; and
- (f) whether any financial assistance is being provided to farmers to purchase solar irrigation pumps under the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): Saur  Sujala  Yojana  is  a  scheme  of  the  Government  of  Chhattisgarh.  It  was launched  in  2016-17  with  an  objective  to  install  51,000  solar  pumps  by  2019.  The  year-wise target has been fixed as 11,000 for 2016-17, 20,000 for the year 2017-18 and 20,000 for the year 2018-19.  Under  the  scheme,  the  state  government  provides  65%  subsidy  apart  from  Central Financial Assistance of 30% with the user contribution of only 5%.

The  Government  of  India  has  launched  solar  pump  scheme  under  Off-grid  and Decentralized Solar Applications Programme during the year 2014-15, with a CFA of 30% of the cost of the system. Under this scheme, allocations have been made to the states based on their demand. The present status of this scheme and details of the states covered and funds released to them so far are given at Annexure-I.

The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  has  allotted  10,000  solar  pumps  with  a Central Financial Assistance of Rs. 151.87 Crore to Chhattisgarh in the year 2016-17. Further, 5000 pumps have been allocated to Chhattisgarh for the year 2017-18.

Since, Saur Sujala Yojana is a state scheme, inclusion of other states in this programme does not arise. However, it is to be stated that seventeen states have so far requested to be covered in the solar pump scheme of MNRE and they have been included and given allocations as can be seen in Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure-I to the Reply of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3117 to be answered on 03.08.2017 regarding 'Saur Sujala Yojana'

| State Wise breakup of allocation of Solar Pumps and release of CFA during the period 01.04.2014 to 30.06.2017   | State Wise breakup of allocation of Solar Pumps and release of CFA during the period 01.04.2014 to 30.06.2017   | State Wise breakup of allocation of Solar Pumps and release of CFA during the period 01.04.2014 to 30.06.2017   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                                           | No. of Pumps Sanctioned                                                                                         | Fund Released in Rs. Cr.                                                                                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                               | 4                                                                                                               | 0.14                                                                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                  | 18959                                                                                                           | 230.99                                                                                                          |
| Bihar                                                                                                           | 2000                                                                                                            | 17.67                                                                                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                    | 20192                                                                                                           | 130.86                                                                                                          |
| Gujarat                                                                                                         | 12964                                                                                                           | 57.49                                                                                                           |
| Haryana                                                                                                         | 3050                                                                                                            | 17.77                                                                                                           |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                       | 2828                                                                                                            | 6.51                                                                                                            |
| Kerala                                                                                                          | 8                                                                                                               | 2.48                                                                                                            |
| Karnataka                                                                                                       | 5769                                                                                                            | 43.89                                                                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                  | 11788                                                                                                           | 14.45                                                                                                           |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                     | 4191                                                                                                            | 38.37                                                                                                           |
| Nagaland                                                                                                        | 25                                                                                                              | 0.39                                                                                                            |
| Orissa                                                                                                          | 5849                                                                                                            | 17.47                                                                                                           |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                       | 19054                                                                                                           | 337.41                                                                                                          |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                   | 19503                                                                                                           | 54.97                                                                                                           |
| Telangana                                                                                                       | 349                                                                                                             | 17.05                                                                                                           |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                      | 2365                                                                                                            | 19.7                                                                                                            |
| Total                                                                                                           | 128898                                                                                                          | 1007.61                                                                                                         |