Lok Sabha Question No. 3049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Akshay Urja Shops
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENRGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3049

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## AKSHAY URJA SHOPS

## 3049. DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  'Akshay  Urja  Shops'  in  all  districts  of  the country particularly in tribal areas of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  number  of  'Akshay  Urja  Shops'  across  the country till date, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expand  network  of  'Akshay  Urja  Shops'  by encouraging Private Entrepreneurs and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to set up and operate such shops in all districts of the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  had  been  promoting establishment of Aditya Solar Shops in major cities of the country since 1995 with a view to make solar energy products easily available and to provide easy after sales repair services. In 2005-06, it was decided to rename the programme as 'Akshay Urja Shops' with a view to cover sales and services of all renewable energy devices and systems in all districts of the country.

Total 412 Akshay Urja Shops were sanctioned by MNRE, of which 72 Shops were sanctioned in the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh.  State/UT  wise  numbers  of  Akshay  Urja  Shops  sanctioned  by  the Ministry are given in the Annexure.

The implementation of scheme was reviewed by the Ministry and it was decided to discontinue the scheme beyond 12 th Plan period.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3049 FOR 11.07.2019

## State/UT wise Akshay Urja Shops

| S.NO   | States / UTs                       | No. of Districts where Akshay Urja Shops has been sanctioned   |
|--------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 2                                                              |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh including Telangana | 21                                                             |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                  | -                                                              |
| 4      | Assam                              | 8                                                              |
| 5      | Bihar                              | 33                                                             |
| 6      | Chandigarh                         | 1                                                              |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                       | 13                                                             |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                | -                                                              |
| 9      | Daman &Diu                         | -                                                              |
| 10     | Delhi                              | -                                                              |
| 11     | Goa                                | 2                                                              |
| 12     | Gujarat                            | 8                                                              |
| 13     | Haryana                            | 18                                                             |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh                   | 5                                                              |
| 15     | Jharkhand                          | 24                                                             |
| 16     | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 10                                                             |
| 17     | Karnataka                          | 7                                                              |
| 18     | Kerala                             | 7                                                              |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                        | -                                                              |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                     | 50                                                             |
| 21     | Maharashtra                        | 32                                                             |
| 22     | Manipur                            | 2                                                              |
| 23     | Meghalaya                          | -                                                              |
| 24     | Mizoram                            | 7                                                              |
| 25     | Nagaland                           | 5                                                              |
| 26     | Odisha                             | 4                                                              |
| 27     | Puducherry                         | 4                                                              |
| 28     | Punjab                             | 20                                                             |
| 29     | Rajasthan                          | 14                                                             |
| 30     | Sikkim                             | 1                                                              |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                         | 26                                                             |
| 32     | Tripura                            | 2                                                              |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh                      | 72                                                             |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                        | 8                                                              |
| 35     | West Bengal                        | 6                                                              |
|        | Total                              | 412                                                            |