Lok Sabha Question No. 269 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Solar Panels at Rooftops
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 269

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## SOLAR PANELS AT ROOFTOPS

## *269. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

## DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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

- (a) the target fixed by the Government for generation of power by installing solar panels at rooftops  of  the  houses  along  with  the  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  to  achieve  the  said target during the last two years;
- (b) the Status of the project/scheme at present, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has assessed the quantum of power generated through the solar panels installed at rooftops of the houses;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  quantum  of  power  in  megawatt  likely    to  be generated as a result of the project/scheme; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to implement the project/scheme especially in rural areas of the country?

## ANSWER

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

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

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Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (e)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 269 to be answered on 03.08.2017 regarding 'Solar Panels at Rooftops'.

(a)  The Government of India has set a target of installing 40,000 MW of Rooftop Solar Power by the year 2022. The target includes household, institutional, social, commercial and industrial sectors. Rs.5000 Cr have been allocated by the Government in the last two years towards this purpose (b)  The project is under implementation and the  state wise achievement is given  at Annexure -I (c)    &  (d)  An  aggregate  capacity  of  704.02  MWp  grid  connected  rooftop  solar  power plants  has  been  installed  in  the  country,  of  which  32.69  MW  has  been  installed  on residential houses and remaining on industrial/ commercial roofs. It has been assessed that  150MWh  of  power  is  being  generated  by  solar  plants  installed  on  rooftops  of residential houses. (e) The scheme is applicable for both urban and rural areas of the country. The details

- of steps taken are given at Annexure II.

## ANNEXURE I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 269 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## State-wise installed capacity of Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants

| Sr. No.   | State /UTs                  |   Total Installation capacity (MW) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                               0    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |                              16.68 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |                               4.12 |
| 4         | Assam                       |                               1.11 |
| 5         | Bihar                       |                               2.56 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |                               7.5  |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                |                               6.61 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                               0.48 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu               |                               0.31 |
| 10        | Goa                         |                               0.51 |
| 11        | Gujarat                     |                              56.31 |
| 12        | Haryana                     |                              59.1  |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh            |                               1.12 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir           |                               0.73 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                   |                               3.23 |
| 16        | Karnataka                   |                              71.2  |
| 17        | Kerala                      |                              14.73 |
| 18        | Lakshadweep                 |                               0    |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh              |                              13.36 |
| 20        | Maharashtra                 |                             123.64 |
| 21        | Manipur                     |                               1.31 |
| 22        | Meghalaya                   |                               0.06 |
| 23        | Mizoram                     |                               0.1  |
| 24        | Nagaland                    |                               0    |
| 25        | NCT of Delhi                |                              47.35 |
| 26        | Odisha                      |                               2.89 |
| 27        | Puducherry                  |                               0.02 |
| 28        | Punjab                      |                              29.36 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                   |                              42.33 |
| 30        | Sikkim                      |                               0.01 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                  |                              97.67 |
| 32        | Telangana                   |                              19.31 |
| 33        | Tripura                     |                               0    |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh               |                              48.07 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                 |                              12    |
| 36        | West Bengal                 |                              20.23 |
|           | Total                       |                             704.02 |

## ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 269 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

- (a)  The CFA upto 30% of benchmark cost for the general category states and  upto  70  %  of  benchmark  cost  for  special  category  states,  North Eastern States, Lakshadweep, Andaman  & Nicobar Islands is provided for installation of grid connected rooftop projects in residential, institutional and social sector.
- (b)  All  the  36  States/  UTs  have  notified  net  metering  regulations  and/or tariff orders.
- (c) Over 1933 firms have been empanelled as channel partner.
- (d)   Through  the  efforts  of  the  Government,    State/  UTs  of  Chhattisgarh, Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Chandigarh  have  notified  mandatory notification for RTS
- (e)   The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy(MNRE)  made  efforts  to provide concessional loans and has arranged multilateral concessional  loans  of  USD  625Million  from  the  World  Bank  to  State Bank  of  India  (SBI)  and  USD  500  million  from  Asian  Development Bank  to    Punjab  National  Bank  (PNB)  for  extending  to  prospective investors  in  roof  top  solar  belonging  to    industrial  and  commercial sectors
- (f)  MNRE  also  prepared  model  EPC  agreement  /  PPA  which  have  been duly vetted by Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Law and Justice.
- (g)  Publicity through print and electronic media