Lok Sabha Question No. 4286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Achievements of Solar Energy Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4286

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION

## 4286. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA

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

- (a)  the  target  set  and  achievements  made  in  the  field  of  solar  energy  generation  during  the Twelfth Five Year Plan period;
- (b) the target fixed for the period after the said plan and the steps being taken by the Government for achieving the target;
- (c ) the funds released to and spent by each State during the Twelfth Five Year Plan; and (d) the expenditure likely to be incurred to promote and popularise the solar energy in the country during the current financial year?

## 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  National  Solar  Mission  was  launched  in  2010  with  a  target  of  installing  solar  power capacity  of  20GW  by  2022.  This  target  was  revised  in  2015  to  100  GW.  A  cumulative  solar power  capacity  of  35  GW  has  been  installed  so  far.  This  apart,  projects  of  23.15  GW  solar capacity are at various stages of implementation and 31.27 GW at various stages of tendering.
- (b) The Government has set a target of installing 100 GW of solar power capacity by 2022. The Union Government has launched various schemes, as given at Annexure-I , for development & deployment of solar energy in the country and achieving the target set.
- (c)  Rs.  8186.07  crore  were  released  under  solar  energy  programmes  during  the  Twelfth  Five Year  Plan.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  few  schemes  are  given  in Annexure II .
- (d) A total fund of Rs. 2280.51 crore has been allocated for grid connected and off-grid solar energy programmes during the current year 2019-20.

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## ANNEXURE  I    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK    SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4286 FOR 19.03.2020

- i. Solar Park Scheme for setting up of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects targeting over 40,000 MW of solar power projects.
- ii. Scheme for setting up of Grid-Connected Solar PV Power Projects by the Central Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  and the  Government  of  India  organizations  with Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
- iii. VGF Scheme for  setting  up  of  5000  MW  of  Grid  Connected  Solar  PV  Power Projects through SECI, which has a separate component of 1000 MW for N-E states.
- iv. Phase-I and Phase-II of Grid Connected Rooftop Programme.
- v. Off-Grid Solar PV Schemes viz.  Solar Street Lights / Power packs, Solar Study lamps, Solar Study lamps under 70 lakh Solar Study lamps scheme, Solar Street light under AJAY scheme.
- vi. Pradhan Mantri - Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM).

## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE  II    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF    LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4286 FOR 19.03.2020.

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED DURING THE TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

1.  DETAILS  OF  STATE-WISE,  YEAR-WISE,  CFA  RELEASED  BY  SECI  TO  PROJECT IMPLEMENTING  AGENCIES  UNDER  PILOT-CUM-DEMONSTRATION  PROJECT  FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PV POWER PLANTS ON CANAL BANKS AND CANAL TOPS:-

| State          | Year*           | Year*           |
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|                | 2015-16         | 2016-17         |
| Andhra Pradesh | Rs.20,820,000   | Rs. 18,180,000  |
| Gujarat        | Rs.105,000,000  | Rs 103,152,000  |
| Karnataka      | Rs.48,192,000   | Rs. 33,899,800  |
| Kerala         | Rs.15,000,000   | Rs.12,112,470   |
| Punjab         | Rs.120,000,000  | Rs.30,000,000   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Rs.28,272,000   |                 |
| Uttarakhand    | Rs.63,000,000   | Rs. 63,000,000  |
| West Bengal    | Rs. 30,000,000  | Rs. 48,000,000  |
| Total          | Rs. 430,284,000 | Rs. 308,344,270 |

*

Scheme was launched in December, 2014.

## 2. YEAR WISE CFA RELEASED BY SECI TO SPPD/STU/CTU UNDER SOLAR PARK SCHEME:-

(Rs. in Lakh)

| Sr. No.   | State             | Solar Park                     | Year*    | Year*     | Year*   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|----------|-----------|---------|
|           |                   |                                | 2014-15  | 2015-16   | 2016-17 |
| 1         |                   | Ananthapuramu-I Solar Park     | 7410.34  | 6104.89   | 9.77    |
| 2         |                   | Kurnool Solar Park             | 4858.50  | 4141.50   | 25.00   |
| 3         |                   | Kadapa Solar Park              | 0.00     | 0.00      | 625.00  |
| 4         |                   | Ananthapuramu-II Solar Park    | 0.00     | 0.00      | 325.00  |
| 5         | Andhra Pradesh    | Hybrid Solar Wind Park         | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 6         |                   | Ext Trans PGCIL-AP             | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 7         |                   | Ext Trans APTRANCO-AP II       | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 8         |                   | Ext Trans APTRANCO- Kurnool    | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
|           |                   | Total                          | 12268.84 | 10246.39  | 984.77  |
| 9         | Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit Solar Park               | 0.00     | 19.65     | 0.00    |
| 10        | Assam             | Solar Park in Assam            | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 11        | Chhattisgarh      | Rajnandgaoun Solar Park        | 0.00     | 0.00      | 15.00   |
| 12        |                   | Radhnesada Solar Park          | 0.00     | 3311.35   | 0.00    |
| 13        |                   | Harsad Solar Park              | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 14        | Gujarat           | Dholera Solar Park             | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 15        |                   | Ext Trans PGCIL-Radhnesada     | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
|           |                   | Total                          | 0.00     | 3331.00   | 15.00   |
| 16        | Haryana           | Solar Park in Haryana          | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 17        | Himachal Pradesh  | Solar Park in Himachal Pradesh | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 18        | Jammu & Kashmir   | Solar Park in J&K              | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 19        |                   | Pavagada Solar Park            | 0.00     | 10000.00  | 7980.00 |
| 20        | Karnataka         | Ext Trans PGCIL-Pavagada       | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
|           |                   | Total                          | 0.00     | 10,000.00 | 7980.00 |
| 21        | Kerala            | Kasargod Solar Park            | 0.00     | 0.00      | 200.00  |
| 22        |                   | Rewa Solar Park                | 0.00     | 3750.00   | 0.00    |
| 23        |                   | Neemuch-Mandsaur Solar Park    | 0.00     | 0.00      | 25.00   |
| 24        | Madhya Pradesh    | Agar Solar Park                | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 25        |                   | Shajapur Solar Park            | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 26        |                   | Morena (Chambal) Solar Park    | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
| 27        |                   | Ext Trans PGCIL-Rewa           | 0.00     | 0.00      | 0.00    |
|           |                   | Total                          | 0.00     | 3750.00   | 25.00   |
| 28        |                   | Sai Guru Solar Park (Pragat)   | 0.00     | 0.00      | 435.00  |
| 29        | Maharashtra       | Patoda Solar Park (Paramount)  | 0.00     | 0.00      | 25.00   |

| State            | Solar Park                            | Year*    | Year*    | Year*    |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
|                  |                                       | 2014-15  | 2015-16  | 2016-17  |
| 30 31 32 33 34   | Dondaicha Solar Park                  | 0.00     | 0.00     | 25.00    |
|                  | Latur Solar Park                      | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Washim solar park                     | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Yavatmal Solar Park                   | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Kacharala solar park                  | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Total                                 | 0.00     | 0.00     | 485.00   |
| Manipur          | Bukpi Solar Park                      | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Meghalaya        | Solar park in Meghalaya               | 0.00     | 3.07     | 0.00     |
| Mizoram          | Vankal Solar Park                     | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Nagaland         | Solar Park in Nagaland                | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Odisha           | Solar Park in Odisha                  | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| 40               | Solar Park by NHPC                    | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Total                                 | 0.00     | 3.07     | 0.00     |
| 41 42 43         | Bhadla-II Solar Park                  | 3319.00  | 2801.00  | 0.00     |
|                  | Bhadla-III Solar Park                 | 0.00     | 4575.00  | 450.00   |
|                  | Bhadla-IV Solar Park                  | 0.00     | 0.00     | 1525.00  |
| 44               | Phalodi-Pokaran Solar Park            | 0.00     | 0.00     | 25.00    |
| Rajasthan 45     | Fatehgarh Phase-1B Solar Park         | 0.00     | 0.00     | 25.00    |
| 46               | Nokh Solar Park                       | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| 47               | RVPN- Bh-II, Bh-III, Bh-IV            | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| 48               | PGCIL- Bh-II, Bh-III, Bh-IV, PP, F 1B | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Total                                 | 3319.00  | 7376.00  | 2025.00  |
| Tamil Nadu       | Solar Park in Tamil Nadu              | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Tamil Nadu       | Kadaladi Solar Park                   | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Telangana        | Gattu Solar Park                      | 0.00     | 25.00    | 0.00     |
| 52               | Solar Park in UP                      | 0.00     | 2081.80  | 0.00     |
| 53               | UP Kanpur Dehat Solar Park            | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| Uttar Pradesh 54 | UP Jalaun Solar Park                  | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| 55               | UP Kanpur Nagar Solar Park            | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
| 56               | Ext Trans UPPTCL                      | 0.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     |
|                  | Total                                 | 0.00     | 2106.80  | 0.00     |
| Uttarakhand      | Solar park in Uttarakhand             | 0.00     | 0.00     | 8.25     |
| West Bengal      | Solar park in West Bengal             | 0.00     | 0.00     | 25.00    |
|                  | Total                                 | 15587.84 | 36813.26 | 11748.02 |

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Scheme was launched in December, 2014.

## 3.  DETAILS  OF  STATE-WISE,  YEAR-WISE,  VGF  RELEASED  BY  SECI  TO  CPSUS/  GOI ORGANISATIONS UNDER CENTRAL PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS (CPSUS) SCHEME

| State             | Year*             | Year*                       |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|                   | 2015-16           | 2016-17                     |
| Andhra Pradesh    | Rs. 1,250,000,000 | Rs. 1,275,000,000           |
| Madhya            |                   | Rs. 825,000,000             |
| Pradesh Rajasthan |                   | Rs. 1,800,000,000           |
| Tamil             |                   | Rs. 25,000,000              |
| Nadu Telangana    |                   | Rs. 7,500,000               |
| Uttar             |                   | Rs.                         |
| Pradesh Total     | Rs. 1,250,000,000 | 2,500,000 Rs. 3,935,000,000 |

*

Scheme was launched in January, 2015.

## 4.    DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED BY MNRE TO NVVN PAYMENT SECURITY SCHEME FOR GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR POWER PROJECTS UNDER PHASE-I OF NSM

State-wise break-up is not possible as the funds under the Scheme are being released to NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) for implementing Payment Security Mechanism for solar power plants being implemented through NVVN under Phase-I of National Solar Mission.

| Sl. No.   | Financial Year   |   Amount released (Rs. in Cr.) | Towards          |
|-----------|------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.        | 2012-13          |                          32.85 | 3 rd installment |
| 2.        | 2013-14          |                          23.47 | 4 th installment |
| 3.        | 2014-15          |                           0    | -                |
| 4.        | 2015-16          |                          58.32 | 5 th installment |
| 5.        | 2016-17          |                         126.39 | 6 th installment |
|           | TOTAL            |                         241.03 |                  |

## 5. CFA RELEASED BY MNRE TO SECI UNDER DEFENCE SCHEME:-

|   Sr. No. | Year*   | Expenditure incurred (Rs. In Crores)   |
|-----------|---------|----------------------------------------|
|         1 | 2014-15 | Nil                                    |
|         2 | 2015-16 | 3.78                                   |
|         3 | 2016-17 | 24.35                                  |

*

Scheme was launched in December, 2014.

## 6.  FUNDS  RELEASED  BY  MNRE  TO  IMPLEMENTING  AGENCIES  UNDER  OFF-GRID PROGRAMMES:-

(Rs. in Lakhs)

|   Sr. No. | States/UTs         |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh     |       134 |        29 |      3205 |     10368 |      3953 |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh  |       582 |       428 |       261 |        57 |       694 |
|         6 | Assam              |       223 |       304 |        57 |       439 |      1358 |
|         7 | Bihar              |        20 |       350 |       648 |      1541 |         0 |
|         8 | Chhattisgarh       |      5282 |      1115 |      3014 |      3327 |      6549 |
|         9 | Delhi              |         0 |         0 |       102 |       124 |         0 |
|        10 | Gujarat            |         0 |         7 |      1689 |      1797 |      2608 |
|        11 | Haryana            |       226 |         0 |       624 |      1922 |         0 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh   |       191 |      2098 |      1628 |      4100 |      2650 |
|        13 | Jammu & Kashmir    |      3361 |      3697 |      1915 |      4395 |      2466 |
|        14 | Jharkhand          |       270 |         0 |       651 |      1551 |         0 |
|        15 | Karnataka          |       114 |       840 |       834 |        66 |      3901 |
|        16 | Kerala             |       855 |         0 |      2370 |       965 |      2359 |
|        17 | Lakshadweep        |         0 |       645 |         0 |       375 |         0 |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh     |       449 |         0 |      1570 |        41 |        66 |
|        19 | Maharashtra        |        28 |         0 |      3431 |      2442 |         0 |
|        20 | Manipur            |      1483 |       369 |       147 |      1160 |       442 |
|        21 | Meghalaya          |         0 |       502 |       573 |       312 |      1354 |
|        22 | Mizoram            |       179 |       394 |       702 |       753 |      1354 |
|        23 | Nagaland           |      1036 |       425 |       350 |       555 |      1501 |
|        24 | Odisha             |         0 |         0 |      1294 |       195 |      1700 |
|        25 | Puducherry         |         0 |         0 |        26 |         0 |         0 |
|        26 | Punjab             |        97 |       203 |      1024 |       824 |         0 |
|        27 | Rajasthan          |      3890 |      1248 |     11489 |     20063 |      6711 |
|        28 | Sikkim             |       262 |       820 |       141 |        28 |       282 |
|        29 | Tamil Nadu         |       128 |      2029 |      2939 |      8262 |       207 |
|        30 | Telangana          |         0 |         0 |      2232 |      1502 |         0 |
|        31 | Tripura            |       402 |         0 |       113 |       347 |      1372 |
|        32 | Uttarakhand        |       123 |      4057 |       115 |      2510 |       373 |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh      |      2675 |        17 |      4481 |      3851 |      1896 |
|        34 | West Bengal        |       382 |         0 |       167 |        34 |         0 |
|        35 | Chandigarh         |         0 |         0 |       276 |         0 |         0 |
|        36 | Others (CEL, REIL, |     17526 |     13059 |     13411 |     26515 |     11266 |

## 7.  CFA  RELEASED  BY  MNRE  TO  IMPLEMENTING  AGENCIES  UNDER  ROOF-TOP PROGRAMMES:-

(Rs. in Crores)

| Sr. No.   | State/UTs            |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       |      0    |      0    |      2.41 |     3.87  |    9.15   |
| 2         | Assam                |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |   38.4615 |
| 3         | Andaman & Nicobar    |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    0.525  |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh         |      0    |      0    |      0    |     3.6   |    5.495  |
| 5         | Delhi                |      0    |      0    |      0    |     5.76  |   19.467  |
| 6         | Gujarat              |      0    |      1.03 |      0    |     4.5   |   17.43   |
| 7         | Goa                  |      0    |      0    |      0    |     1.44  |    0      |
| 8         | Haryana              |      0    |      0    |      0    |     3.6   |   16.2225 |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir      |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    3.675  |
| 10        | Jharkhand            |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |   12.7125 |
| 11        | Kerala               |      0    |      0    |      0    |     4.68  |    4.05   |
| 12        | Karnataka            |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    2.52   |
| 13        | Lakshadweep          |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    0.455  |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       |      0    |      0    |      0    |     1.24  |   31.9559 |
| 15        | Maharashtra          |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |   23.175  |
| 16        | Odisha               |      0    |      0    |      0    |     2.88  |    0.86   |
| 17        | Puducherry           |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    1.1045 |
| 18        | Punjab               |      0    |      0    |      0    |     9.22  |    4.5    |
| 19        | Rajasthan            |      0    |      0    |      0    |     4.26  |   14.79   |
| 20        | Tamil Nadu           |      0    |      0.51 |      0    |     8.23  |   69.67   |
| 21        | Telangana            |      0    |      0    |      0    |     3.78  |   20.12   |
| 22        | Tripura              |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    0      |
| 23        | Uttarakhand          |      0    |      0    |      0.01 |    22.13  |   25.973  |
| 24        | Uttar Pradesh        |      0    |      0    |      0    |     5.86  |    1.16   |
| 25        | West Bengal          |      0    |      0    |      0    |     3.09  |    0.17   |
| 26        | Chandigarh           |      0    |      0    |      1.26 |     9.09  |    6.72   |
| 27        | Manipur              |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0.91  |    8.11   |
| 28        | Himachal Pradesh     |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0     |    5.4315 |
|           | Sub- Total           |      0    |      1.54 |      3.68 |    98.14  |  343.89   |
| 29        | PSU/Govt. Department |      0    |      0    |      0    |    18.52  |   74.7439 |
| 30        | SECI                 |     42.68 |      0    |      0    |   128     |  250      |
| 31        | NISE                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |     2.62  |    0      |
| 32        | TERI                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0.09  |    0      |
| 33        | others (NFDC)        |      0    |      0    |      0    |     0.017 |    9.38   |
|           | Total                |     42.68 |      1.54 |      3.68 |   247.39  |  678.01   |