Lok Sabha Question No. 391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Distribution of Solar Pumps
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 391

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.11.2016

## Distribution of Solar Pumps

## 391. SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

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

- (a) the details of the solar pumps distributed for irrigation and potable water during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b)    the  number  of  solar  pumps,  out  of  the  distributed  pumps,  which  have  become functional till now and the time by which the remaining would become functional;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  for  installing  the  solar  powered  pumps  for  the purpose of irrigation and potable water; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State-wise details of solar pumps sanctioned during the  last three years and the current year is given at Annexure.
- (b): A total of 90,710 solar pumps have been installed throughout the country, as on 31.10.2016. The remaining pumps are at various stages of implementation.
- (c) & (d): A  target  of  50,000  pumps  for  irrigation  and  potable  water  has  been  set  for installation for during the year 2016-17.

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## Annexure referred to in  Reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 391 to be answered on 17.11.2016

| State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   | State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   | State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   | State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   | State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   | State/UT-wise Status of Solar Pumps Sanctioned for Irrigation and Drinking water during the last three years and the current year   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                              | State/UT                                                                                                                            | 2013-14                                                                                                                             | 2014-15                                                                                                                             | 2015-16                                                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                                                             |
| 1                                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 219                                                                                                                                 | 7725                                                                                                                                | 10000                                                                                                                               | 1415                                                                                                                                |
| 2                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                   | 3000                                                                                                                                | 3700                                                                                                                                | 4000                                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                      | 1403                                                                                                                                | 3750                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                                                                              | 3696                                                                                                                                | 4560                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 2000                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                   | 5650                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                        | 2014                                                                                                                                | 4740                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 13000                                                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                       | 201                                                                                                                                 | 8600                                                                                                                                | 6000                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 8                                                                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                   | 5725                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 3000                                                                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                   | 11902                                                                                                                               | 7500                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra                                                                                                                         | 80                                                                                                                                  | 7540                                                                                                                                | 2460                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                               | 281                                                                                                                                 | 5016                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                                                                           | 2249                                                                                                                                | 3400                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                                                  | Telangana                                                                                                                           | 101                                                                                                                                 | 5094                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                                                  | Kerala                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                   | 1380                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 15                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   | 3050                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                   | 100                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   | 100                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                                                  | Mizoram                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                   | 11                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                                                                  | Nagaland                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   | 25                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 20                                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                   | 1600                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                                  | West Bengal                                                                                                                         | 824                                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                     | TOTAL                                                                                                                               | 11068                                                                                                                               | 79893                                                                                                                               | 32735                                                                                                                               | 23415                                                                                                                               |