Lok Sabha Question No. 878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Role of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-878

ANSWERED ON-17/09/2020

## ROLE OF SOLAR ENERGY

878. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISHWANATH SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

- (a) whether solar energy will play a big role in Atmanirbhar Bharat in future; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the progress made thereunder, State-wise?

## 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)  Low cost power is an essential requirement for competitive manufacturing. Since solar  tariffs  have  been  declining,  use  of  solar  energy  could  contribute  to  manufacturing competitiveness, and thus to achieving the goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The details of State-wise installed capacity of renewable power, including solar power, as on 31.08.2020 are furnished at Annexure-I .

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 878 for reply on 17.09.2020

## State-wise installed capacity of renewable power, as on 31.08.2020

(Rounded off to nearest Megawatt)

| Sl. No.   | STATES / UTs         | Small Hydro Power   | Wind Power   | Bio Power   | Solar Power   | Total Capacity   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|------------------|
|           |                      | (Megawatt)          | (Megawatt)   | (Megawatt)  | (Megawatt)    | (Megawatt)       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 162                 | 4092         | 507         | 3619          | 8380             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh    | 131                 | 0            | 0           | 6             | 137              |
| 3         | Assam                | 34                  | 0            | 2           | 41            | 77               |
| 4         | Bihar                | 71                  | 0            | 125         | 153           | 349              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 76                  | 0            | 245         | 231           | 552              |
| 6         | Goa                  | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 5             | 5                |
| 7         | Gujarat              | 69                  | 7772         | 77          | 3195          | 11113            |
| 8         | Haryana              | 74                  | 0            | 212         | 253           | 539              |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh     | 912                 | 0            | 9           | 40            | 961              |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 185                 | 0            | 0           | 19            | 204              |
| 11        | Jharkhand            | 4                   | 0            | 4           | 39            | 47               |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 1281                | 4795         | 1888        | 7298          | 15262            |
| 13        | Kerala               | 222                 | 63           | 2           | 147           | 434              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 100                 | 2520         | 123         | 2327          | 5070             |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 380                 | 5000         | 2597        | 1870          | 9847             |
| 16        | Manipur              | 5                   | 0            | 0           | 6             | 11               |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | 33                  | 0            | 14          | 0             | 47               |
| 18        | Mizoram              | 36                  | 0            | 0           | 2             | 38               |
| 19        | Nagaland             | 31                  | 0            | 0           | 1             | 32               |
| 20        | Odisha               | 89                  | 0            | 59          | 399           | 547              |
| 21        | Punjab               | 174                 | 0            | 484         | 947           | 1605             |
| 22        | Rajasthan            | 24                  | 4300         | 121         | 5311          | 9756             |
| 23        | Sikkim               | 52                  | 0            | 0           | 0             | 52               |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 123                 | 9325         | 1019        | 4179          | 14646            |
| 25        | Telangana            | 91                  | 128          | 206         | 3725          | 4150             |
| 26        | Tripura              | 16                  | 0            | 0           | 9             | 25               |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh        | 49                  | 0            | 2117        | 1184          | 3350             |
| 28        | Uttarakhand          | 214                 | 0            | 130         | 318           | 662              |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 99                  | 0            | 320         | 127           | 546              |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar    | 5                   | 0            | 0           | 29            | 34               |
| 31        | Chandigarh           | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 43            | 43               |
| 32        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 5             | 5                |
| 33        | Daman & Diu          | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 27            | 27               |
| 34        | Delhi                | 0                   | 0            | 52          | 175           | 227              |
| 35        | Lakshadweep          | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 1             | 1                |
| 36        | Puducherry           | 0                   | 0            | 0           | 8             | 8                |
| 37        | Others               | 0                   | 4            | 0           | 0             | 4                |
| Total     | (Megawatt)           | 4742                | 37999        | 10313       | 35739         | 88793            |