Lok Sabha Question No. 720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Financial Assistance for Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Annpurna Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-720

ANSWERED ON-17/09/2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SOLAR ENERGY

- +720. SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI

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

- (a) whether the Union Government provides financial assistance for solar energy to various State Governments in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of assistance provided to the State of Jharkhand during the last three years; and
- (c) the names of the districts where electricity is being generated from solar energy in the State of Jharkhand?

## 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) Yes, Sir. The Union Government provides financial assistance to States in the country including  the  State  of  Jharkhand  under  various  schemes.  The  details  of  Central  Financial Assistance to Jharkhand for the last three years is given at Annexure-I.
- (c)  The  details  of  districts,  where  electricity  is  generated  from  solar  energy  in  the  State  of Jharkhand, are given in Annexure-II .

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) &(b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 720 FOR 17.9.2020

## DETAILS OF CENTRAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO JHARKHAND DURING LAST THREE YEARS

( In Rs. Crore)

|   S.No. | Name of programme                                                                        |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Grid connected solar roof top programme                                                  |      0    |      0    |      2.3  |
|       2 | Off - Grid Solar PV Programme                                                            |      5.55 |      0    |      8.55 |
|       3 | Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) ( Mini /Micro Grid / Stand Alone SPV System ) |     52.07 |      0    |      0    |
|       4 | Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna SAUBHAGYA                                      |      0    |      9.52 |      4.31 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 720 FOR 17.9.2020

| (I) Details of District wise Installed Grid Connected Solar Rooftop SPV Power Plant   | (I) Details of District wise Installed Grid Connected Solar Rooftop SPV Power Plant   | (I) Details of District wise Installed Grid Connected Solar Rooftop SPV Power Plant   | (I) Details of District wise Installed Grid Connected Solar Rooftop SPV Power Plant   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                                               | District                                                                              | Total Capacity (kWp)                                                                  | Total No of Building                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                     | Bokaro                                                                                | 951                                                                                   | 44                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                     | Chatra                                                                                | 649                                                                                   | 46                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                     | Deoghar                                                                               | 419                                                                                   | 24                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                     | Dhanbad                                                                               | 869                                                                                   | 43                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                     | Dumka                                                                                 | 830                                                                                   | 56                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                     | East Singhbhum                                                                        | 1027                                                                                  | 48                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                     | Garhwa                                                                                | 918                                                                                   | 59                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                     | Girdih                                                                                | 993                                                                                   | 54                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                     | Godda                                                                                 | 680                                                                                   | 37                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                    | Gumla                                                                                 | 427                                                                                   | 24                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                    | Hazaribagh                                                                            | 502                                                                                   | 18                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                    | Jamtara                                                                               | 441                                                                                   | 27                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                    | Khunti                                                                                | 456                                                                                   | 22                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                    | Koderma                                                                               | 516                                                                                   | 24                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                    | Latehar                                                                               | 577                                                                                   | 35                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                    | Lohardaga                                                                             | 255                                                                                   | 16                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                    | Pakur                                                                                 | 561                                                                                   | 29                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                    | Palamu                                                                                | 885                                                                                   | 54                                                                                    |

| 19   | Ramgarh             |   502 |   19 |
|------|---------------------|-------|------|
| 20   | Ranchi              |  2864 |   84 |
| 21   | Sahibganj           |   660 |   34 |
| 22   | Saraikela Kharsawan |   569 |   30 |
| 23   | Simdega             |   476 |   20 |
| 24   | West Singhbhum      |   813 |   47 |
|      | Total               | 17840 |  894 |

| (II) Details of Solar Water Pumps Installed in Jharkhand   | (II) Details of Solar Water Pumps Installed in Jharkhand   | (II) Details of Solar Water Pumps Installed in Jharkhand   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                    | District Name                                              | Total Nos. of SWPs Installed                               |
| 1                                                          | Bokaro                                                     | 5                                                          |
| 2                                                          | Chatra                                                     | 41                                                         |
| 3                                                          | Deoghar                                                    | 0                                                          |
| 4                                                          | Dhanbad                                                    | 0                                                          |
| 5                                                          | Dumka                                                      | 1                                                          |
| 6                                                          | East Singhbhum                                             | 2                                                          |
| 7                                                          | Garhwa                                                     | 80                                                         |
| 8                                                          | Giridih                                                    | 5                                                          |
| 9                                                          | Godda                                                      | 4                                                          |
| 10                                                         | Gumla                                                      | 85                                                         |
| 11                                                         | Hazaribag                                                  | 168                                                        |
| 12                                                         | Jamtara                                                    | 0                                                          |
| 13                                                         | Khunti                                                     | 286                                                        |

| 14    | Koderma             |    0 |
|-------|---------------------|------|
| 15    | Latehar             |    0 |
| 16    | Lohardaga           |    6 |
| 17    | Pakur               |    0 |
| 18    | Palamu              |   78 |
| 19    | Ramgarh             |   15 |
| 20    | Ranchi              |   44 |
| 21    | Sahibganj           |   18 |
| 22    | Saraikela Kharsawan |    3 |
| 23    | Simdega             |  621 |
| 24    | West Singhbhum      |  187 |
| Total | Total               | 1649 |

## III. DETAILS OF DISTRICTS COVERED UNDER DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTED GENERATION (DDG) SCHEME

|   Sl No. | Name of the District   |
|----------|------------------------|
|        1 | Chatra                 |
|        2 | Gumla                  |
|        3 | Hajaribagh             |
|        4 | Latehar                |
|        5 | Pakur                  |
|        6 | Sahibganj              |
|        7 | Saraikela-Kharsawan    |
|        8 | Simdega                |
|        9 | West Singhbhum         |

## (IV) ELECTRIFICATION THROUGH 200 WP SOLAR STAND ALONE SYSTEM IN EACH HOUSEHOLD UNDER SAUBHAGYA SCHEME

|   Sl.No. | Name of District     |
|----------|----------------------|
|        1 | Chatra               |
|        2 | Gumla                |
|        3 | Hazaribagh           |
|        4 | Latehar              |
|        5 | Simdega              |
|        6 | West Singhbhum       |
|        7 | Saraikela- Kharsawan |
|        8 | Pakur                |
|        9 | Sahibganj            |
|       10 | East Singhbhum       |
|       11 | Bokaro               |
|       12 | Godda                |
|       13 | Giridih              |
|       14 | Khunti               |
|       15 | Pakur                |
|       16 | Sahibganj            |