Lok Sabha Question No. 401 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 401

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## SOLAR CITIES

## *401.  SHRI  MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA  :

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

- (a) the  criteria  fixed  for  inclusion  of  cities  under  the  'Development  of  Solar  Cities' programme;
- (b) the names of the cities which have been included and those likely to be included under the Programme, State-wise;
- (c) the details of facilities provided to such cities; and
- (d) the funds allocated and spent under the Programme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

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## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 401 to be answered on 15-12-2016 regarding 'Solar Cities'.

The requisite information in reply to the Question, part-wise, is as under:

(a): Under  'Development  of  Solar  Cities  Programme,'  the  criteria  fixed  for inclusion of cities is:

- (i) Cities/towns  will  have  population  between  50,000  to  50  lakh  including  the floating population while the cities with less population, located in North-Eastern & Hilly States, Islands & Union Territories may also be considered, on case to case basis, on merit.
- (ii) At-least  one  city  in  each  State  will  be  included  and  up  to  a  maximum  of seven cities in any one State.

The programme encourages cities with high level of commitment towards adoption of  sustainable  energies,  initiatives  and  regulatory  measures  taken  to  promote renewable  energy  &  energy  conservation  and  willingness  to  provide  resources, financial share and sustenance of activities initiated under the programme.

- (b): The  names  of  the  cities  included  under  Development  of  Solar  Cities Programme, State-wise, are given in Annexure-I .
- (c): Under  this Programme,  Central  Financial Assistance (CFA)  is provided for:
- (i) Upto  ₹50  lakh  for  each  solar  city,  out  of  which  upto  ₹10  lakh  is  for preparation of Master Plan along with Detailed Project Reports, upto ₹10 lakh for oversight  of  its  implementation,  upto  ₹10  lakh  for  setting  up  and  functioning  of Solar City Cells and upto ₹20 lakh for organizing promotional activities, trainings, workshops, study tours and augmenting the activities of Solar City Cell in the city.
- (ii) Financial support upto ₹9.50 crore is available to 8 Model Solar Cities and upto  ₹2.50  crore  to  15  Pilot  Solar  Cities  for  setting  up  of  renewable  energy projects/systems/devices, provided that an equal amount will be made available by the  concerned  Municipal  Corporation/City  Administration/State  or  from  any  other resources. The  CFA  pattern will be as applicable in the CFA  of various schemes/programmes  of  the  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  for Model and Pilot Solar Cities. The other solar cities will get CFA as per provisions under various schemes/programmes of the MNRE.
- (d): The  details  of funds allocated and released during the last three years and the current year, State-wise, are given in Annexure-II.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.401 to be answered on 15-12-2016 regarding 'Solar Cities.

## State-wise names of approved solar cities

|   Sr. No | States/UTs        | Approved Solar Cities   | Approved Solar Cities   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 1.                      | Vijayawada*             |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 2.                      | Kakinada                |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 3.                      | Narsapur Town           |
|        2 | Assam             | 4.                      | Guwahati                |
|        2 | Assam             | 5.                      | Jorhat                  |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 6.                      | Itanagar                |
|        4 | Bihar             | 7.                      | Gaya                    |
|        5 | Chandigarh        | 8.                      | Chandigarh**            |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 9.                      | Bilaspur                |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 10.                     | Raipur*                 |
|        7 | Gujarat           | 11.                     | Rajkot*                 |
|        7 | Gujarat           | 12.                     | Gandhinagar**           |
|        7 | Gujarat           | 13.                     | Surat                   |
|        8 | Goa               | 14.                     | Panaji City             |
|        9 | Haryana           | 15.                     | Gurugram                |
|        9 | Haryana           | 16.                     | Faridabad*              |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.                     | Shimla*                 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 18.                     | Hamirpur                |
|       11 | Karnataka         | 19.                     | Mysore**                |
|       11 | Karnataka         | 20.                     | Hubli-Dharwad           |
|       12 | Kerala            | 21.                     | Thiruvananthapuram      |
|       12 | Kerala            | 22.                     | Kochi                   |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 23.                     | Nagpur**                |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 24.                     | Thane*                  |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 25.                     | Kalyan-Dombivli         |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 26.                     | Aurangabad              |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 27.                     | Nanded                  |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 28.                     | Pune                    |
|       13 | Maharashtra       | 29.                     | Shirdi*                 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 30.                     | Indore                  |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 31.                     | Gwalior                 |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 32.                     | Bhopal                  |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 33.                     | Jabalpur                |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 34.                     | Rewa                    |
|       15 | Manipur           | 35.                     | Imphal                  |
|       16 | Mizoram           | 36.                     | Aizawl*                 |
|       17 | Nagaland          | 37.                     | Kohima                  |
|       17 | Nagaland          | 38.                     | Dimapur                 |
|       18 | Delhi             | 39. New Delhi           | (NDMC area)             |

| Sr. No   | States/UTs        | Approved Solar Cities                          |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| 19       | Odisha            | 40. Bhubaneswar**                              |
| 20       | Punjab            | 41. Amritsar* 42. Ludhiana                     |
| 21       | Rajasthan         | 44. Ajmer 45. Jaipur 46. Jodhpur               |
| 22 23    | Tamil Nadu        | 47. Coimbatore*                                |
| 24       | Telangana Tripura | 48. Mahbubnagar 49. Agartala*                  |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       | 50. Dehradun                                   |
|          |                   | 51. Haridwar & Rishikesh 52. Chamoli-Gopeshwar |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 53. Agra 54. Moradabad                         |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 56. Howrah 57. Madhyamgram                     |
|          |                   | 58. New Town Kolkata 59. Leh*                  |
| 28       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                |
| 29       | Puducherry        |                                                |
|          |                   | 60. Puducherry*                                |

*Pilot Solar Cities (13 nos.)    ** Model Solar Cities (5 nos.)

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.401 to be answered on 15-12-2016 regarding 'Solar Cities.

State-wise cumulative funds allocated and released during the last three years and the      current  year  (upto  30 th November 2016) under 'Development of Solar Cities Programme'

## (₹ in crore)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT         |   Funds Sanctioned |   Funds Released |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh   |              2     |            0.782 |
| 2.        | Chandigarh       |              0.446 |            3.827 |
| 3.        | Chhattisgarh     |              2.5   |            0     |
| 4.        | Delhi            |              0.5   |            0.023 |
| 5.        | Gujarat          |              0     |            0.017 |
| 6.        | Haryana          |              0.307 |            0.095 |
| 7.        | Himachal Pradesh |              2.5   |            1.565 |
| 8.        | Karnataka        |              0     |            0.016 |
| 9.        | Kerala           |              0.488 |            0.194 |
| 10.       | Madhya Pradesh   |              0.48  |            0.19  |
| 11.       | Maharashtra      |              6.55  |            3.128 |
| 12.       | Mizoram          |              0.599 |            1.418 |
| 13.       | Nagaland         |              0     |            0.09  |
| 14.       | Odisha           |              9.5   |            0     |
| 15.       | Puducherry       |              0.494 |            0     |
| 16.       | Punjab           |              0.5   |            0.022 |
| 17.       | Tamil Nadu       |              2.5   |            0.195 |
| 18.       | Tripura          |              0     |            0.789 |
| 19.       | Uttar Pradesh    |              0.498 |            0.175 |
| 20.       | Uttarakhand      |              0     |            0.05  |
| 21.       | West Bengal      |              0.5   |            0.413 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL            |             30.362 |           12.989 |