Lok Sabha Question No. 2779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Solar Power Capacity
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2779

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## SOLAR POWER CAPACITY

## 2779. SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a): the present total solar power capacity of the country and the growth rate achieved in this sector during the last three years, year and State-wise; and
- (b): the steps taken by the Government to popularize and make solar appliances affordable to the general public?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a): A grid connected solar power capacity of 16,676 MW has been installed in the country as on 15.12.2017. The solar power installation has  been consistently  growing in last three  years. The year and state-wise details of installation of solar power during last three years are given in Annexure.
- (b): In order to popularize and make solar power/solar appliances affordable, the Government have launched several schemes in the country providing fiscal and promotional incentives such as  capital  and/or  interest  subsidy,  accelerated  depreciation,  waiver  of  Inter  State  Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses, viability gap funding (VGF), financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, preferential tariff for power generation through renewables, and permitting Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route. In addition, Government provides capital subsidy for setting up of manufacturing units for solar cells and modules and the entire value chain under Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme

(M-SIPS) through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2779 FOR 04.01.2018

## STATE WISE/YEAR WISE SOLAR CAPACITY INSTALLED IN THE COUNTRY (In MW)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar |      0    |    0      |      1.46 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |    126.77 |  435.11   |   1294.26 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |    0.24   |      0    |
| 4         | Assam             |      0    |    0      |     11.78 |
| 5         | Bihar             |      0    |    5.1    |    103.42 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |      2.5  |    2.31   |     10.52 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |      0.5  |   85.98   |     35.28 |
| 8         | Dadar &Nagar      |      0    |    0      |      2.97 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu       |      0    |    4      |      6.46 |
| 10        | Delhi             |      0.32 |   20.3124 |     25.99 |
| 11        | Goa               |      0    |    0      |      0.71 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |     83.65 |  128.87   |    130.19 |
| 13        | Haryana           |      2.5  |   14.59   |     66.01 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |      0    |    0.2    |      0.53 |
| 15        | J&K               |      0    |    1      |      0.36 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |      0    |    0.19   |      7.08 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |     46.22 |   69.305  |    882.38 |
| 18        | Kerala            |      0    |   13.305  |     61.15 |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh    |    205    |  217.79   |     80.67 |
| 20        | Maharashtra       |     82.23 |   34.257  |     66.61 |
| 21        | Manipur           |      0    |    0      |      0.03 |
| 22        | Meghalaya         |      0    |    0      |      0.01 |
| 23        | Mizoram           |      0    |    0.1    |      0    |
| 24        | Nagaland          |      0    |    0      |      0.5  |
| 25        | Odisha            |      2.26 |   35.16   |     12.5  |
| 26        | Puducherry        |      0    |    0      |      0.05 |
| 27        | Punjab            |    168.75 |  227.31   |    388.89 |
| 28        | Rajasthan         |    228.85 |  329.184  |    543    |
| 29        | Tamil Nadu        |     54.12 |  922.337  |    630.01 |
| 30        | Telangana         |     61.25 |  360.8    |    759.13 |
| 31        | Tripura           |      5    |    0      |      0.09 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh     |     42.16 |   72.79   |    193.24 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand       |      0    |   37.95   |    192.35 |
| 34        | West Bengal       |      0    |    0.69   |     18.37 |
| Total     | Total             |   1112.08 | 3018.88   |   5526    |