Lok Sabha Question No. 2716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: FDI in Renewable Energy Sector
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, S. RAJENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2716

TO BE ANSWERED ON-27.12.2018

## FDI IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

2716. SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH SHRI S. RAJENDRAN

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

- (a) the ranking of India in the world's renewable energy capacity;
- (b)  the  quantum  of  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  received  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year;
- (c) the number of renewable energy plants functional in the country as on date, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that the financial condition of renewable energy sector are on verge of collapse; and
- (e) If so, the details thereof and the reasons for the same along with the corrective measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) As per Global Status Report-2018 of  REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century), India ranked 5th in Renewable Power Capacity (including hydropower) and 4th (not including hydropower) as of end 2017.
- (b) The FDI data cell of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) compiles and maintains the data of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Equity inflow received in the country. The FDI equity inflow from April, 2015 to June, 2018 in the Non-Conventional Energy Sector is as under:-
- (c)  The details  of  State-wise installed capacity of Grid  Interactive Renewable Power as on 30-11-2018 are given in Annexure .  A total of 81.15 billion units (BU) of power have been generated in the year 2018-19 (up to October 2018) from all renewable energy sources.
- (d) & (e) The Renewable Energy projects are mostly being implemented in the private sector.  As on 30-112018, a total capacity of around 73.95 GW has been installed in the country of which 37.84 GW has been added during the last four and half year.   The steps taken by the Government to support the renewable energy sector, inter-alia, include: fiscal and promotional incentives such as capital subsidy, accelerated depreciation, waiver  of  Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS)  charges  and  losses,  viability  gap  funding  (VGF)  and permitting Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route. Also, to ensure cheaper generation  of  renewable  energy,  projects  are  awarded  through  transparent  bidding  process  i.e.  through  ereverse auction. The Government has issued standard bidding guidelines to enable the distribution licensees to procure power at competitive rates in cost effective manner.

| Sl No   | Year     | FDI in US$ million   |
|---------|----------|----------------------|
| 1       | 776.51   | 2015-16 Apr-Mar      |
| 2       | 783.57   | 2016-17              |
| 3       | 1,204.46 | 2017-18              |
| 4       | 452.89   | 2018-19 Apr-Jun      |
|         | 3,217.43 | Grand Total          |

## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 2716 for 27/12/2018 regarding ' FDI in Renewable Energy Sector'

| State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 30.11.2018.   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No                                                                                 | STATES / Uts                                                                          |                                                                                       | Wind                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Bio-Power                                                                             |                                                                                       | Solar Power                                                                           | Solar Power                                                                           | Solar Power                                                                           | Total                                                                                 |
| 1 2 3                                                                                 |                                                                                       | Small Hydro Power                                                                     | Power                                                                                 | BM Power/ Bagass e Cogen. (Grid Interac tive)                                         | BM Cogen. (Non- Bagasse/ Captive Power)                                               | Waste to Energy                                                                       | Total Bio Power                                                                       | Ground Mounted                                                                        | Roof Top                                                                              | Total                                                                                 | Capacity                                                                              |
| 5                                                                                     |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                        |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  |                                                                                       |
| 7 8                                                                                   | Arunachal                                                                             | 162.11                                                                                | 4074.35                                                                               | 378.20                                                                                | 98.98                                                                                 | 23.16                                                                                 | 500.34                                                                                | 2594.17                                                                               | 47.59                                                                                 | 2641.76                                                                               | 7378.56                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                    | Pradesh Assam Bihar                                                                   | 107.100                                                                               |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 1.27                                                                                  | 4.12                                                                                  | 5.39                                                                                  | 112.49                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                     |                                                                                       | 34.11                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 10.67                                                                                 | 6.01                                                                                  | 16.68                                                                                 | 50.79                                                                                 |
|                                                                                       | Chhatisgarh                                                                           | 70.70                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 113.00                                                                                | 8.20                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 121.20                                                                                | 138.93                                                                                | 3.52                                                                                  | 142.45                                                                                | 334.35                                                                                |
|                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                   | 76.00                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 228.00                                                                                | 2.50                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 230.50                                                                                | 215.83                                                                                | 15.52                                                                                 | 231.35                                                                                | 537.85                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                    | Gujarat Haryana                                                                       | 0.05                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.20                                                                                  | 0.71                                                                                  | 0.91                                                                                  | 0.96                                                                                  |
|                                                                                       | Himachal                                                                              | 30.10                                                                                 | 5852.67                                                                               | 65.30                                                                                 | 12.00                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 77.30                                                                                 | 1644.29                                                                               | 146.64                                                                                | 1790.93                                                                               | 7751.00                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                     |                                                                                       | 73.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 121.40                                                                                | 84.26                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 205.66 7.20                                                                           | 130.80                                                                                | 86.29                                                                                 | 217.09                                                                                | 496.25                                                                                |
|                                                                                       | Pradesh Jammu &                                                                       | 860.61                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 3.89                                                                                  | 3.89                                                                                  | 871.70                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                    | Kashmir                                                                               | 179.03                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 7.20                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 8.49                                                                                  | 1.36                                                                                  | 9.85                                                                                  | 188.88                                                                                |
| 13                                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                             | 4.05                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  | 19.05                                                                                 | 13.02                                                                                 | 32.07                                                                                 | 40.42                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                             | 1230.73                                                                               | 4672.30                                                                               | 1783.60                                                                               | 15.20                                                                                 | 1.00                                                                                  | 1799.80                                                                               | 5104.06                                                                               | 151.05                                                                                | 5255.11                                                                               | 12957.94                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                | 222.02                                                                                | 52.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 0.72                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 0.72                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                | 38.49                                                                                 | 138.49                                                                                | 413.73                                                                                |
| 16                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                        | 95.91                                                                                 | 2519.890                                                                              | 93.00                                                                                 | 12.35                                                                                 | 15.40                                                                                 | 120.75                                                                                | 1507.73                                                                               | 28.52                                                                                 | 1536.25                                                                               | 4272.80                                                                               |
|                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                           | 373.570                                                                               | 4788.13                                                                               | 2499.70                                                                               | 16.40                                                                                 | 12.59                                                                                 | 2528.69                                                                               | 1267.30                                                                               | 160.49                                                                                | 1427.79                                                                               | 9118.18                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                    | Manipur                                                                               | 5.45                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 2.59                                                                                  | 2.59                                                                                  | 8.04                                                                                  |
|                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                             | 31.03                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 13.80                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 13.80                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.08                                                                                  | 0.08                                                                                  | 44.91                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                               | 36.47                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.10                                                                                  | 0.10                                                                                  | 0.20                                                                                  | 36.67                                                                                 |
|                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                              | 30.67                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 1.00                                                                                  | 1.00                                                                                  | 31.67                                                                                 |
| 19 20                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                | 64.625                                                                                |                                                                                       | 50.40                                                                                 | 8.82                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 59.22                                                                                 | 113.56                                                                                | 5.84                                                                                  | 119.40                                                                                | 243.25                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                | 173.55                                                                                |                                                                                       | 194.00                                                                                | 123.10                                                                                | 9.25                                                                                  | 326.35                                                                                | 828.1                                                                                 | 77.52                                                                                 | 905.62                                                                                | 1405.52                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                             | 23.85                                                                                 | 4299.72                                                                               | 119.30                                                                                | 2.00                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 121.30                                                                                | 3038.49                                                                               | 92.5                                                                                  | 3130.99                                                                               | 7575.86                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                    | Sikkim                                                                                | 52.11                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.01                                                                                  | 0.01                                                                                  | 52.12                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                            | 123.05                                                                                | 8624.29                                                                               | 926.00                                                                                | 28.55                                                                                 | 6.40                                                                                  | 960.95                                                                                | 2098.27                                                                               | 130.17                                                                                | 2228.44                                                                               | 11936.73                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                             | 90.87                                                                                 | 128.10                                                                                | 158.10                                                                                | 1.00                                                                                  | 18.50                                                                                 | 177.60                                                                                | 3363.29                                                                               | 46.97                                                                                 | 3410.26                                                                               | 3806.83                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                               | 16.01                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 5.00                                                                                  | 0.09                                                                                  | 5.09                                                                                  | 21.10                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                         | 25.10                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1957.50                                                                               | 160.01                                                                                |                                                                                       | 2117.51                                                                               | 749.00                                                                                | 57.01                                                                                 | 806.01                                                                                | 2948.62                                                                               |
|                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                           | 214.320                                                                               |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 57.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 130.50                                                                                | 239.78                                                                                | 63.40                                                                                 | 303.18                                                                                | 648.00                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                    |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 73.00                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 20.71                                                                                 | 18.58                                                                                 | 39.29                                                                                 | 457.71                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                    | West Bengal &                                                                         | 98.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 300.00                                                                                | 19.92                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 319.92                                                                                |                                                                                       | 1.46                                                                                  | 6.56                                                                                  | 11.81                                                                                 |
|                                                                                       | Andaman Nicobar                                                                       | 5.25                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 5.10                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |
| 30 31                                                                                 | Chandigarh Dadar &Nagar                                                               |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 6.34                                                                                  | 24.44                                                                                 | 30.78                                                                                 | 30.78                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                    | Haveli Daman &Diu                                                                     |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 2.49 10.15                                                                            | 2.97 3.23                                                                             | 5.46 13.38                                                                            | 5.46 13.38                                                                            |
| 33                                                                                    |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                    | Delhi                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 52.00                                                                                 | 52.00                                                                                 | 8.96                                                                                  | 97.60                                                                                 | 106.56                                                                                | 158.56 0.75                                                                           |
| 35                                                                                    | Lakshwadeep                                                                           |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.75 0.03                                                                             | 0.00 1.7                                                                              | 0.75 1.73                                                                             | 1.73                                                                                  |
| 36 37                                                                                 | Pondicherry Others                                                                    |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 676.81                                                                                |                                                                                       | 9875.61                                                                               | 23232.91                                                                              | 1334.48                                                                               | 24567.39                                                                              | 4.30 73969.70                                                                         |
|                                                                                       | Total (MW) MW= Megawatt                                                               | 4510.445                                                                              | 35016.250                                                                             | 9060.50                                                                               |                                                                                       | 138.30                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |