Lok Sabha Question No. 137 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM, JANARDAN MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 137

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## SOLAR ENERGY

## *137.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

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

- (a) the energy generation capacity of solar power plants in the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the present status of solar power plants set up during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the financial shares of Union and State Governments in setting up of solar power plants in the country;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  directive  for  the  use  of  solar  power  by  the Government, corporate, hotels and hospitals and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  the  use  of  solar  power  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 137 (17 th Position) FOR 24.11.2016 REGARDING SOLAR ENERGY

(a): As on 31.10.2016, a total solar energy generation capacity in the country is 8728 MW. State/UT-wise details of solar generation capacity installed in the country is given at Annexure.

- (b): State-wise details of solar power plants set up during the last three years and the current year along with their installed capacity in the country are given at Annexure.
- (c): The solar projects are installed by private sector or public sector undertakings with their full  investment.  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  provides  part  financial assistance  as  Viability  Gap  Funding  (VGF)    or  other  support  as  per  our  schemes  e.g.  VGF Scheme, Central Public Sector Undertakings Scheme, solar park scheme, defence scheme etc.
- (d): MNRE has requested State Governments to mandate roof-top solar applications in their building  bye-  laws.  Chhattisgarh,  Chandigarh  and  Haryana  have  already  incorporated  the changes.

(e): The  Government  is  promoting  solar  energy  through  fiscal  and  promotional  incentives such as capital and/or interest subsidy, tax holiday on the earnings for 10 years, generation based incentive, accelerated depreciation, viability gap funding (VGF), financing solar rooftop systems as  part  of  home  loan,  concessional  excise  and  custom  duties,  preferential  tariff  for  power generation  from  renewables,  and  Foreign  Direct  investment  up  to  100  per  cent  under  the automatic route etc. This apart, the Government has been supporting solar manufacturing by way of  various  mechanisms  such  as  Modified  Special  Incentive  Package  Scheme  (M-SIPS)  of Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY).

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTs  (a)&(b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 137 FOR 24.11.2016

## State/UT-wise details of solar energy generation capacity installed

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     |   Installed Capacity during 2013-14 (in MW) |   Installed Capacity during 2014-15 (in MW) |   Installed Capacity during 2015-16 (in MW) |   Installed Capacity during 2016-17 (in MW) |   Total cumulative capacity till 31-10-16 (MW) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                               |                                      108.69 |                                      126.77 |                                      435.11 |                                      395.08 |                                         968.05 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0.24 |                                        0    |                                           0.27 |
| 3         | Bihar                                        |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        5.1  |                                       90    |                                          95.1  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                 |                                        3.1  |                                        0.5  |                                       85.98 |                                       34.98 |                                         128.56 |
| 5         | Gujarat                                      |                                       58.5  |                                       83.65 |                                      119.12 |                                       19.01 |                                        1138.19 |
| 6         | Haryana                                      |                                        2.5  |                                        2.5  |                                        2.59 |                                        2    |                                          17.39 |
| 7         | Jharkhand                                    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0.19 |                                        0.65 |                                          16.84 |
| 8         | Karnataka                                    |                                       17    |                                       46.22 |                                       68.24 |                                      194.62 |                                         340.08 |
| 9         | Kerala                                       |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                       13.02 |                                        0    |                                          13.05 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh                               |                                      309.85 |                                      205    |                                      217.79 |                                       35.01 |                                         811.38 |
| 11        | Maharashtra                                  |                                      149.25 |                                       82.23 |                                       25.01 |                                        0.3  |                                         386.06 |
| 12        | Odisha                                       |                                       17.5  |                                        2.26 |                                       35.16 |                                        0    |                                          66.92 |
| 13        | Punjab                                       |                                        7.52 |                                      168.75 |                                      219.79 |                                      166.14 |                                         571.2  |
| 14        | Rajasthan                                    |                                      178.95 |                                      228.85 |                                      327.83 |                                       31.23 |                                        1301.16 |
| 15        | Tamil Nadu                                   |                                       81.76 |                                       54.12 |                                      919.24 |                                      493.59 |                                        1555.41 |
| 16        | Telangana                                    |                                        0    |                                       61.25 |                                      360.8  |                                      435.95 |                                         963.79 |
| 17        | Tripura                                      |                                        0    |                                        5    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                           5    |
| 18        | Uttar Pradesh                                |                                        3.7  |                                       42.16 |                                       72.24 |                                        0    |                                         143.5  |
| 19        | Uttarakhand                                  |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                       36.15 |                                        0    |                                          41.15 |
| 20        | West Bengal                                  |                                        5    |                                        0    |                                        0.56 |                                        4    |                                          11.77 |
| 21        | Andaman & Nicobar                            |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                           5.1  |
| 22        | Delhi                                        |                                        2.14 |                                        0.32 |                                        8.82 |                                        9.59 |                                          23.87 |
| 23        | Lakshadweep                                  |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                           0.75 |
| 24        | Puducherry                                   |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                           0.03 |
| 25        | Chandigarh                                   |                                        2    |                                        2.5  |                                        2.31 |                                        0    |                                           6.81 |
| 26        | Daman & Diu                                  |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        4    |                                        0    |                                           4    |
| 27        | J&K                                          |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        1    |                                        0    |                                           1    |
| 28        | Himachal Pradesh                             |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0.2  |                                        0    |                                           0.2  |
| 29        | Mizoram                                      |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0.1  |                                        0    |                                           0.1  |
| 30        | Assam                                        |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                       10    |                                          10    |
| 31        | Others data from rooftop division cumulative |                                        0    |                                        0    |                                       58.31 |                                       42.61 |                                         100.92 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                                        |                                      947.46 |                                     1112.07 |                                     3018.88 |                                     1964.76 |                                        8727.62 |