Lok Sabha Question No. 3947 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Cost Reduction in Setting up of Solar Units
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3947

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## COST REDUCTION IN SETTING UP OF SOLAR UNITS

## 3947. SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE

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

- (a) whether there has been a significant growth in solar power sector in the country during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the measures taken by the Government to ensure cost reduction in setting up of solar units;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme and allocated funds to promote the installation of rooftop solar power systems and use the energy produced by it, only for domestic needs both in rural as well as in urban areas;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e ) the number of solar pumps set up during the last three years and the current year, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  There  has  been  a  significant  growth  in  solar  power  sector  over  the  last  three  years  in  the country with the details of grid connected solar power capacity installed as under:
- (b)  The Government has taken various measures to reduce cost of solar power in the country. These inter-alia, include the following:
- (i) Announcement of a target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by 2022;
- (ii) Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2021-22;
- (iii)  Fiscal  &  financial  incentives  such  as  Capital  Subsidy,  Viability  gap  funding  (VGF), accelerated depreciation benefits etc;
- (iv) Permitting 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route in renewable energy sector;
- (v) Issued guidelines for procurement of solar and wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process;
- (vi) Waiving of Inter State Transmission System Charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned up to December, 2022;
- (vii) Raising funds from bilateral and multilateral finance and development institutions;
- (viii) Implementation of Green Energy Corridor project to facilitate integration of large scale renewable generation capacity addition.

| Year    |   Cumulative capacity (MW) |
|---------|----------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                    12288.8 |
| 2017-18 |                    21651.5 |
| 2018-19 |                    28180.7 |

(c) and (d) The Phase II of Grid Connected Roof Top (GCRT) Programme approved in February 2019  provides  for  the  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  of  40%  of  the  benchmark  cost  or tendered cost, whichever is lower for residential grid connected rooftop systems upto 3 kW and 20% of the benchmark cost or tendered cost whichever is lower for residential grid connected rooftop systems of capacity 3 kW to 10 kW. There is no CFA for GCRT system above 10 kW in residential sector since solar power for such category is cost effective compared to grid tariffs applicable  for  such category  of  consumers.  The  Phase-II  of  GCRT  programme  also  provides CFA  upto  20%  of  benchmark  cost  or  tendered  cost  whichever  is  lower,  for  Group  Housing Societies/  Resident Welfare  Associations  (  GHS  /  RWA),  for  supply  of  power  for  common facilities. Under Phase II of GCRT programme Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) have been made as implementing agencies as they have direct access to the consumers, have an organised invoicing/billing/execution  system  and  hence  are  best  suited  to  manage  distributed and relatively independent clients/prosumers. Incentives for the DISCOMs  for  installing additional capacity above baseline have also been provided for.

The scheme is applicable for urban  as well as rural area.

(e):State/UT-wise details of solar pumps set up in the country during last three years and the current year are given at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3947 FOR 12.12.2019

## STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR PUMPS SET UP IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE CURRENT YEAR

(As on 31.10.2019)

| S, No.   | States            |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      4841 |     13925 |      9501 |         0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |         4 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3        | Assam             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |         0 |         0 |       225 |         0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      9585 |     28297 |     22548 |         0 |
| 6        | Delhi             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 7        | Goa               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 8        | Gujarat           |      5649 |      3471 |         0 |         0 |
| 9        | Haryana           |         0 |       750 |         0 |         0 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11       | Jammu & Kashmir   |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 12       | Jharkhand         |      3146 |       556 |       155 |       433 |
| 13       | Karnataka         |       697 |      1359 |      1507 |         0 |
| 14       | Kerala            |         0 |         8 |         0 |         0 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    |      2007 |      1771 |     12229 |         0 |
| 16       | Maharashtra       |      1777 |      1287 |      1000 |      5022 |
| 17       | Manipur           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 18       | Meghalaya         |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19       | Mizoram           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 20       | Nagaland          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 21       | Orissa            |      5922 |      1718 |       530 |       224 |
| 22       | Punjab            |         0 |         0 |      2000 |         0 |
| 23       | Rajasthan         |      9867 |         0 |      6985 |         0 |
| 24       | Sikkim            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu        |       849 |         0 |       221 |       475 |
| 26       | Telangana         |       424 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 27       | Tripura           |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     |      5644 |      1223 |      8382 |        81 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 30       | West Bengal       |       605 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 31       | Andaman & Nicobar |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 32       | Chandigarh        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 33       | Lakshadweep       |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 34       | Puducherry        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 35       | Others            |         0 |         0 |       609 |         0 |
| 36       | NABARD            |      2027 |      1985 |         0 |         0 |
|          | Total             |     53044 |     56350 |     65892 |      6235 |