Lok Sabha Question No. 3908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Installed Capacity of Solar and Wind Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3908

ANSWERED ON-18.03.2021

## INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR AND WIND POWER

3908. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND

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

- (a) the total capacity of solar and wind power installed in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated and utilized during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c)  the measures taken to ramp up the solar and wind power capacity in the country?

## 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 solar and wind power capacity installed in the Country, as on 28.02.2021, are given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
- (b) The details of funds allocated and released for utilisation in solar and wind power programmes, are given at Annexure-III.
- (c): The Government has taken several measures to ramp up the solar and wind power capacity in the country, which include :
- permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route,
- 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 30 th June 2023,
- fiscal incentives such as accelerated depreciation, Goods and Services Tax (GST) at lower rates, concessional custom duty etc.
- 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 on 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.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3908 FOR 18.03.2021

## STATE-WISE SOLAR CAPACITY INSTALLED UP TO 31.3.2020

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          | Cumulative Solar Power Capacity Installed (In MW)   |   Cumulative Solar Power 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             |                                                     |                                            39083.7  |

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2360 FOR 16.03.2021 STATE-WISE WIND POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED UP TO 28.02.2021

| S.No.   | STATE          |   Cumulative wind power capacity installed (in MW) |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh |                                            4096.65 |
| 2.      | Gujarat        |                                            8306.42 |
| 3.      | Karnataka      |                                            4912.6  |
| 4.      | Kerala         |                                              62.5  |
| 5.      | Madhya Pradesh |                                            2519.89 |
| 6.      | Maharashtra    |                                            5000.33 |
| 7.      | Rajasthan      |                                            4326.82 |
| 8.      | Tamil Nadu     |                                            9431.54 |
| 9.      | Telangana      |                                             128.1  |
| 10.     | Others         |                                               4.3  |
|         | Total          |                                           38789.2  |

## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3908 FOR 18.03.2021

## DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE FOR SOLAR AND WIND POWER PROGRAMMES DUING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

(As on 28.02.2021)

(In Rs. Crore)

| Year    | Solar power     | Solar power                    | Wind power      | Wind power                     |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|         | Funds allocated | Funds released for utilisation | Funds allocated | Funds released for utilisation |
| 2017-18 | 2102.10         | 1889.93                        | 750.00          | 750.00                         |
| 2018-19 | 2970.25         | 2524.65                        | 950.00          | 950.00                         |
| 2019-20 | 2280.51         | 1985.12                        | 1026.00         | 1026.00                        |
| 2020-21 | 1776.24         | 1083.35*                       | 1059.35         | 1013.11*                       |

Note: * As on 28.02.2021