Lok Sabha Question No. 3179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Import of Solar Cells and Modules
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI, ANTO  ANTONY, VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th  AUGUST, 2018

## IMPORT OF SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES

3179.   DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE  &  INDUSTRY ( वा ͨणÏय  एवं  उɮयोग  मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether large scale import of solar equipments including cells and modules is adversely affecting the domestic industry and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has received any complaints on this issue and if so, the details thereof along with the response of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether  the  increased  imports  of  'solar  cells  whether  or  not  assembled  in  modules  or panels'  in  India  have  caused  serious  injury  or  threaten  to  cause  serious  injury  to  the domestic producers of the product and if so, the details of the investigations conducted by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  considering  or  has  recommended  imposition  of  safeguard duty on import of solar cells and modules for two years to protect domestic players from steep rise in inbound shipments of the product and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of total solar panels and modules manufacturing capacity in the country, Statewise along with the steps taken or proposed to be taken to boost local manufacturing of solar cells and modules to cater to the growing needs?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  The import  data of solar equipments including cells and modules is as under:

(

Value in Million US $)

| ITC(HS)   | Item description                                                       |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (upto May, |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 85414011  | Solar cells/photovoltaic cells whethr or not assembled in module/panel |   2344.55 |   3196.49 |   3837.57 |               338.76 |
| 85414019  | Other photocells                                                       |     64.57 |     98.28 |     75.79 |                 3.17 |
| Total     | Total                                                                  |   2409.12 |   3294.77 |   3913.36 |               341.93 |

(b) to (d)  The Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) on behalf of domestic industry had filed an application seeking imposition of Safeguard Duty on imports of 'Solar Cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels'. Accordingly, a Safeguard investigation against imports of the said product into India was initiated. On completion of investigation, Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) recommended  imposition  of  Safeguard  Duty  on  imports  of  Solar  Cells,  whether  or  not  assembled  in modules or panels, for two years .

Following  DGTR's  recommendation,  Government  has  imposed  on  subject  goods  falling  under  heading 8541 or tariff item 8541 40 11, when imported into India, a safeguard duty as follows:

(a) twenty five per cent. ad valorem minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the period from 30th July, 2018 to 29th July, 2019 (both days inclusive);

(b)  twenty  per  cent.  ad  valorem  minus  anti-dumping  duty  payable,  if  any,  when  imported  during  the period from 30th July, 2019 to 29th January, 2020 (both days inclusive); and

(c)  fifteen  per  cent.  ad  valorem  minus  anti-dumping  duty  payable,  if  any,  when  imported  during  the period from 30th January, 2020 to 29th July, 2020 (both days inclusive).

(e):  The  details  of  solar  panels  and  modules  manufacturing  capacity  in  the  country  are  placed  at Annexure.  Domestic  manufacturing  of  solar  PV  cells  and  modules  in  India  is  being  supported  by  the Government  of  India  through  Modified  Special  Incentive  Package  Scheme  (M-SIPS)  of  Ministry  of Electronics & Information Technology. The scheme, inter alia, provides for:

(i). 20-25% subsidy for investments in capital expenditure for setting up of the manufacturing facility.

(ii.) Reimbursement of countervailing Duty (CVD)/ Excise Duty for capital equipment for the units outside Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

The  solar  power  projects  being  implemented  by  the  Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  with financial support from Government and those rooftop solar projects which are implemented with central financial  assistance  are  mandated  to  source  their  requirement  of  solar  cells  &  modules  from  domestic sources as per extant Guidelines, in a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliant manner.

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## State Wise Solar Panel/ Module Manufacturing Capacities in India as on 31-12-2017.

(This is based on the information provided to MNRE by Solar PV manufacturers till 30.04.2018.)

|   S. No. | State          | Name of Company                          |   Installed Capacity (MW) As on 31-12- 2017 |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh | Photon Energy Systems Ltd                |                                          50 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh | Renewsys India Pvt Ltd.                  |                                         300 |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh | Radiant Solar                            |                                          80 |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh | SHAN SOLAR PVT LTD                       |                                          30 |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh | SUNRISE SOLAR SOLUTIONS                  |                                           6 |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh | Titan Energy Systems                     |                                         100 |
|        7 | Chandigarh     | Saatvik Green Energy Pvt. Ltd.           |                                         175 |
|        8 | Chhattisgarh   | Icon Solar-En Power Technologies Pvt Ltd |                                         120 |
|        9 | Chhattisgarh   | Lanco Solar Pvt Ltd                      |                                         200 |
|       10 | Goa            | Agrawal Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd.       |                                          40 |
|       11 | Gujarat        | GOLDI GREEN TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD         |                                         250 |
|       12 | Gujarat        | GreenBrilliance Energy Pvt. Ltd.         |                                          40 |
|       13 | Gujarat        | JJ PV SOLARPVTLTD                        |                                          25 |
|       14 | Gujarat        | Mundra Solar PV Limited                  |                                        1200 |
|       15 | Gujarat        | Navitas Green Solutions Pvt Ltd          |                                         200 |
|       16 | Gujarat        | Neety Euro Asia Solar Energy             |                                          75 |
|       17 | Gujarat        | Omsun Power Private Limited.             |                                          25 |
|       18 | Gujarat        | Powertrac solar project                  |                                          20 |
|       19 | Gujarat        | Raajratna ventures ltd                   |                                          50 |
|       20 | Gujarat        | Sahaj Solar Pvt.Ltd.                     |                                         125 |
|       21 | Gujarat        | Sonali Energees Pvt Ltd                  |                                         100 |

|   22 | Gujarat          | Sunbless Geen                             |    25 |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------|
|   23 | Gujarat          | Sun Solar Techno Limited                  |  30   |
|   24 | Gujarat          | Topsun Energy Limited                     | 120   |
|   25 | Gujarat          | Vimal Electronics                         |   6   |
|   26 | Gujarat          | Waaree Energies Limited                   | 500   |
|   27 | Haryana          | Himalayan Solar Pvt Ltd                   | 100   |
|   28 | Haryana          | Mainframe energy solutions pvt ltd        |  25   |
|   29 | Haryana          | RHINE SOLAR LTD                           |   2.2 |
|   30 | Haryana          | Sunfuel Technologies LLP                  |  50   |
|   31 | Himachal Pradesh | Electromac Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd.        |  20   |
|   32 | Himachal Pradesh | Plaza Power &Infrastructure co.           |  20   |
|   33 | Karnataka        | Bharat Electronics Limited                |  10   |
|   34 | Karnataka        | Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Private Limited | 500   |
|   35 | Karnataka        | HHV Solar Technology                      | 100   |
|   36 | Karnataka        | INNOVATIVE SOLAR SOLUTIONS                |  40   |
|   37 | Karnataka        | Kotak Urja Private Ltd                    |  75   |
|   38 | Karnataka        | Microsun solar                            |  60   |
|   39 | Karnataka        | Nucifera Renewable                        |  15   |
|   40 | Karnataka        | Tata Power Solar Systems Limited          | 400   |
|   41 | Karnataka        | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited          | 225   |
|   42 | Madhya Pradesh   | AMVENERGY pvt ltd                         |  10   |
|   43 | Maharashtra      | DESHMUKHSOLAR ENERGY PVT LTD              |  50   |
|   44 | Maharashtra      | Jain Irrigation System                    |  55   |
|   45 | Maharashtra      | Jyotitech Solar LLP                       |  35   |
|   46 | Maharashtra      | MxPower Solar Pvt. Ltd.                   |  10   |
|   47 | Maharashtra      | Photonix Solar Pvt.Ltd                    |  50   |
|   48 | Maharashtra      | Pragat akshay urja pvt ltd                |  30   |
|   49 | Maharashtra      | PV Power Technologies Private Limited     | 150   |
|   50 | Maharashtra      | Rolta Power Pvt Ltd                       |  60   |

|   51 | Rajasthan     | AJIT SOLAR PVT. LTD.                                                   |    35 |
|------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   52 | Rajasthan     | Dattatreya Maharaj Renewable Infra Project Consultancy Private Limited |   0.5 |
|   53 | Rajasthan     | IYSERT Energy Research Pvt. Ltd.                                       |  10   |
|   54 | Rajasthan     | Novergy Energy Solutions P. Ltd.                                       |  45   |
|   55 | Rajasthan     | RAJASTHAN ELECTRONICS &INSTRUMENTS LTD., JAIPUR                        |  19   |
|   56 | Rajasthan     | solarmax                                                               |  18   |
|   57 | Tamil Nadu    | Dev Solar                                                              |   3   |
|   58 | Tamil Nadu    | Evergreen Solar Systems                                                |  20   |
|   59 | Tamil Nadu    | KCP SOLAR INDUSTRY,                                                    |  12   |
|   60 | Tamil Nadu    | MAS Solar Systems Private Limited                                      |  20   |
|   61 | Tamil Nadu    | Swelect Energy Systems Limited (HHV Solar)                             | 130   |
|   62 | Tamil Nadu    | Tamilnadu Energy Solutionss Pvt Ltd                                    |  10   |
|   63 | Tamil Nadu    | UdhayaEnergy Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd                                     |  10   |
|   64 | Tamil Nadu    | Vinova Energy Systems Private Limited                                  |   8   |
|   65 | Telangana     | Access Solar Limited                                                   |  80   |
|   66 | Telangana     | Aditi Solar Private Limited                                            |  20   |
|   67 | Telangana     | ANDROMEDAENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD                                   |  30   |
|   68 | Telangana     | EMPIRE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED                            |  36   |
|   69 | Telangana     | HBL Power Systems Ltd                                                  | 120   |
|   70 | Telangana     | Junna Solar Systems                                                    |  26.4 |
|   71 | Telangana     | Krishma Solar                                                          |  15   |
|   72 | Telangana     | Premier Solar Systems Pvt Ltd                                          | 370   |
|   73 | Telangana     | Sri Savitr Solar Private Limited                                       | 250   |
|   74 | Telangana     | Sungrace                                                               |  10   |
|   75 | Telangana     | AKSHAYA SOLAR POWER (INDIA) PVT LTD                                    |  30   |
|   76 | Uttar Pradesh | ALPEX SOLAR                                                            | 400   |
|   77 | Uttar Pradesh | ankur traders and engineers pvt ltd                                    |  15   |
|   78 | Uttar Pradesh | Central Electronics Limited                                            |  40   |

| 79    | Uttar Pradesh   | Enkay Solar Power& Infra. Pvt. Ltd.   |     370 |
|-------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|---------|
| 80    | Uttar Pradesh   | Integrated Batteries India Pvt Ltd    |    50   |
| 81    | Uttar Pradesh   | ITI Ltd                               |     8   |
| 82    | Uttar Pradesh   | Jakson Engineers Ltd.                 |    70   |
| 83    | Uttar Pradesh   | Mehar Solar Technology Pvt Ltd        |    60   |
| 84    | Uttar Pradesh   | Moser Baer Solar Limited              |   100   |
| 85    | Uttar Pradesh   | Maharishi Solar Technology            |    15   |
| 86    | Uttar Pradesh   | Radical Solar Pvt. Ltd.               |    40   |
| 87    | Uttar Pradesh   | Ritika Systems Pvt Ltd                |    40   |
| 88    | Uttar Pradesh   | SATYAM ENTERPRISES                    |    15   |
| 89    | Uttar Pradesh   | SEEMAC PHOTOVOLTAIC P LTD.            |    12   |
| 90    | Uttarakhand     | Gautam Solar private Limited          |   120   |
| 91    | Uttarakhand     | Genus Innovation Limited              |    20   |
| 92    | West Bengal     | H. R. Solar Solution Pvt. Ltd.        |    15   |
| 93    | West Bengal     | Modern solar Pvt. Ltd                 |    40   |
| 94    | West Bengal     | SOVA SOLAR LIMITED                    |   200   |
| 95    | West Bengal     | SUNSHINE POWER PRODUCTS PVT LTD       |    10   |
| 96    | West Bengal     | Syenergy Electric Pvt Ltd             |    50   |
| 97    | West Bengal     | Vikram Solar Limited                  |  1000   |
| 98    | West Bengal     | Websol Energy System Limited          |    90   |
| Total | Total           | Total                                 | 10092.1 |

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