Lok Sabha Question No. 1201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Boost in Rooftop Solar Installations
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2017 BOOST IN ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

## 1201. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

(a) whether  any  initiative  has  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  boost  the  rooftop  solar installations in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the projects undertaken to increase the solar power generation by the end of 2017; and

(d) the funds allocated for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been  promoting 'Grid Connected  Rooftop  and  Small  Solar  Power  Plants  Programme'  with  a  Central  Financial Assistance (CFA) of up to 30% of benchmark cost in General category States and up to    70 % in  Special  Category  States,  North  Eastern  States,  Lakshadweep,  Andaman  &  Nicobar  Islands. Residential, Institutional and Social sector are covered under this CFA pattern. For Government Sector,  achievement  linked  incentive  up  to  Rs.18750/kWp  in  General  Category  States  and Rs.45000/kWp  in  Special  Category  States  ,  North  Eastern  States  and  Andaman  &  Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep  is available under the Programme.

(c)  & (d): The  State-wise  details  of  projects  under  'Grid  Connected  Rooftop  and  Small Solar power Plants Programme' sanctioned are given in Annexure I. An amount of Rs. 600 crore has been allocated for the programme during 2016-17 and Rs. 508.84 Crore has been released till 31.01.2017

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## ANNEXURE I of  PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1201 TO BE ANSWERED ON  09.02.2017

| S.no.                 | States/entity                     | Approved /Sanctioned Capacity (MW p )   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh                    | 39.5                                    |
| 2                     | Chhattisgarh                      | 11.2                                    |
| 3                     | Delhi                             | 92                                      |
| 4                     | Gujarat                           | 81.75                                   |
| 5                     | Haryana                           | 75                                      |
| 6                     | Himachal Pradesh                  | 10                                      |
| 7                     | Jammu &Kashmir                    | 7                                       |
| 8                     | Jharkhand                         | 55                                      |
| 9                     | Karnataka                         | 10.935                                  |
| 10                    | Kerala                            | 15                                      |
| 11                    | Madhya Pradesh                    | 115                                     |
| 12                    | Maharashtra                       | 100                                     |
| 13                    | Odisha                            | 4                                       |
| 14                    | Punjab                            | 25                                      |
| 15                    | Rajasthan                         | 31                                      |
| 16                    | Tamil Nadu                        | 312                                     |
| 17                    | Telangana                         | 74                                      |
| 18                    | Uttarakhand                       | 51                                      |
| 19                    | Uttar Pradesh                     | 12                                      |
| 20                    | West Bengal                       | 11.68                                   |
| 21                    | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 0                                       |
| 22                    | Assam                             | 24                                      |
| 23                    | Manipur                           | 8.4                                     |
| 24                    | Chandigarh                        | 30.5                                    |
| 25                    | Goa                               | 2                                       |
| 26                    | Puducherry                        | 5.02                                    |
| 27                    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          | 1                                       |
| 28                    | Lakshadweep                       | 1                                       |
| Sub Total (State/ UT) | Sub Total (State/ UT)             | 1,204.99                                |
| 29                    | Solar Energy Corporation of India | 899.6                                   |
| 30                    | Ministry of Railways              | 502.5                                   |
| 31                    | PSUs/Govt. Departments            | 482                                     |
|                       | TOTAL                             | 3,089.09                                |