Lok Sabha Question No. 4969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Renewable Energy Technology
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4969

ANSWERED ON-25.03.2021

## RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

## 4969. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

- (a) whether the Government has any scheme or plan in vogue to incentivise the local development and manufacturing of renewable energy technology, but not limited to solar and wind capture technologies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and any incentives disbursed to the public;
- (c) whether the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has collaborated with the Ministry of Finance through its Make in India campaign to achieve such development; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  &  (b):  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  has  issued  'Public  Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order' dated 09.02.2021, vide which MNRE has specified a list of goods and services required for various Renewable Energy (RE) sectors like small hydro power, wind power, off-grid/ decentralised solar power, grid-connected solar power projects, biomass gasifier, biomass cogeneration, municipal solid waste projects, waste to energy and (biogas/ bioCNG), in which there is sufficient local capacity and competition. In public procurement of all such goods and services, only those local suppliers or service providers shall be eligible to bid, whose goods, services or works offered for procurement, have local  content equal to or more than 50%.

Further,  to  support  domestic  electronics  manufacturers,  including  in  solar  photovoltaic  (PV) sector, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is implementing Modified Special Incentive  Package  Scheme  (M-SIPS),  which  provides  subsidy  on  capital  expenditure.  The Scheme  was  open  to  receive  applications  till  31 st December,  2018.  The  details  of  subsidy disbursed under M-SIPS to manufacturers in solar PV sector are at Annexure-I.

(c)&(d) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has co-ordinated with Ministry of Finance for implementation  of  the  following  measures  for  incentivizing  domestic  manufacturing  in  the renewable energy sector:

- (i)  Imposition of Safeguard Duty on import of solar PV cells and modules.

(ii)  Announcement  of  imposition  of  Basic  Customs  Duty  on  import  of  solar  PV  cells  and modules with effect from 01.04.2022.

(iii)  'In-principle'  approval  from  Cabinet  on  11.11.2020  for  introduction  of  the  Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for high efficiency solar PV modules with an outlay of Rs. 4,500 crores, to enhance India's manufacturing capabilities and exports.

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## Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  and  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 4969 for reply on 25.03.2021

| Solar Products Manufacturers under MSIPS   | Solar Products Manufacturers under MSIPS                  | Solar Products Manufacturers under MSIPS   | Solar Products Manufacturers under MSIPS                                                                                                                 | Solar Products Manufacturers under MSIPS   |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                     | Applicant                                                 | State                                      | Products                                                                                                                                                 | Disbursement made (Rs. Crore)              |
| 1                                          | Mundra Solar PV Limited                                   | Gujarat                                    | Solar Photo Voltaic including Cells, Modules, Ingots, Wafers, EVA, back sheet, junction box, glass, solar cell interconnect & string interconnect ribbon | 313.73                                     |
| 2                                          | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                          | Karnataka                                  | Monocrystaline and multicrystaline, Si Solar cells                                                                                                       | 27.29                                      |
| 3                                          | Vikram Solar Pvt. Ltd.                                    | West Bengal                                | Solar PV Module                                                                                                                                          | 17.88                                      |
| 4                                          | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited                          | Karnataka                                  | Solar PV Modules                                                                                                                                         | 11.7                                       |
| 5                                          | Vishakha Renewables Pvt. Ltd.                             | Gujarat                                    | Ehtylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Sheets                                                                                                                      | 8.79                                       |
| 6                                          | Premier Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd (Premier Energies Limited) | Telangana                                  | Solar Modules                                                                                                                                            | 5.14                                       |
| 7                                          | Saatvik Green Energy Private Limited                      | Haryana                                    | Solar photovoltaic Modules                                                                                                                               | 3.3                                        |
| 8                                          | Vishakha Solar Films(P) Ltd.                              | Gujarat                                    | Solar PV back sheet                                                                                                                                      | 1.64                                       |
|                                            | Total                                                     |                                            |                                                                                                                                                          | 389.47                                     |