Lok Sabha Question No. 5024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Mahendrabhai Kalubhai Munjpara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-5024

ANSWERED ON-25.03.2021

## SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 5024. DR. MUNJPARA MAHENDRABHAI KALUBHAI

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

- (a) the number of solar power plants in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether any step has been taken/being taken by the Government to set up solar power plants in Gujarat especially in Surendra Nagar district;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The State- wise details of grid connected solar power capacity installed in the country are given in Annexure.
- (b) to (d) The Government has undertaken several measures for facilitating setting up of solar power plants in the Country, including in Gujarat. These include:
- permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent,
- waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2023,
- declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2022,
- setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land  and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis,
- schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc,
- laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power,
- notification of standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices,
- setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments,
- Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects.
- Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.
-  priority sector lending status for loans up to a limit of Rs 30 crore.

Further, Government of Gujarat has reported that it has launched Gujarat Solar Power Policy2021, which inter-alia aims to rapidly scale up the State's Solar energy capacity.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5024 FOR 25.03.2021

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED IN THE COUNTRY

(as on 28-02-2021)

| Sr. No   | State/UT          |   Cumulative Capacity installed (in MW) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                   29.22 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 3996.5  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                    5.61 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                   42.99 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                  159.51 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |                                   45.16 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |                                  252.48 |
| 8        | Dadar &Nagar      |                                    5.46 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu       |                                   40.55 |
| 10       | Delhi             |                                  192.97 |
| 11       | Goa               |                                    7.44 |
| 12       | Gujarat           |                                 4068.3  |
| 13       | Haryana           |                                  407.83 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   42.73 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                   20.73 |
| 16       | Jharkhand         |                                   48.63 |
| 17       | Karnataka         |                                 7346.84 |
| 18       | Kerala            |                                  257    |
| 19       | Lakshadweep       |                                    0.75 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 2463.21 |
| 21       | Maharashtra       |                                 2289.97 |
| 22       | Manipur           |                                    6.36 |
| 23       | Meghalaya         |                                    0.12 |
| 24       | Mizoram           |                                    1.53 |
| 25       | Nagaland          |                                    1    |
| 26       | Odisha            |                                  401.72 |
| 27       | Pondicherry       |                                    9.33 |
| 28       | Punjab            |                                  947.1  |
| 29       | Rajasthan         |                                 5472.58 |
| 30       | Sikkim            |                                    0.07 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu        |                                 4403.48 |
| 32       | Telangana         |                                 3936.36 |
| 33       | Tripura           |                                    9.41 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 1667.5  |
| 35       | Uttarakhand       |                                  353.41 |
| 36       | West Bengal       |                                  149.84 |
| Total    | Total             |                                39083.7  |