Lok Sabha Question No. 370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Setting up of Akshay Urja Shops
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-370

TO BE ANSWERED ON-19.07.2018

## SETTING UP OF AKSHAY URJA SHOPS

370. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up Akshay Urja Shops in all the districts of the country particularly in tribal dominated districts of Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of such shops set up in the country as on date, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to expand the network of these shops by encouraging the  private  entrepreneurs  and  Non-Governmental  Organisations  for  setting  up  and  running such shops in all districts of the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)  Since  2005-06,  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  had  been implementing a scheme for setting up of Akshay Urja Shops in all districts of the country, with a view to  cover sales and services of all renewable energy devices  and systems. The implementation of scheme was reviewed by the Ministry and it was decided to discontinue the scheme beyond 12th Plan period.

A statement giving State/UT-wise Akshay Urja Shops sanctioned by the Ministry is given in the Annexure.

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Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 370 for 19/07/2018 regarding 'Setting Up of Akshay Urja Shops'

Statement showing state-wise details of Akshay Urja Shops sanctioned in the country.

| S.NO   | States / UTs               | No. of Districts where Akshay Urja Shops has been sanctioned   |
|--------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands   | 2                                                              |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh + Telangana | 21                                                             |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh          | -                                                              |
| 4      | Assam                      | 8                                                              |
| 5      | Bihar                      | 33                                                             |
| 6      | Chandigarh                 | 1                                                              |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh               | 13                                                             |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        | -                                                              |
| 9      | Daman &Diu                 | -                                                              |
| 10     | Delhi                      | -                                                              |
| 11     | Goa                        | 2                                                              |
| 12     | Gujarat                    | 8                                                              |
| 13     | Haryana                    | 18                                                             |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh           | 5                                                              |
| 15     | Jharkhand                  | 24                                                             |
| 16     | Jammu &Kashmir             | 10                                                             |
| 17     | Karnataka                  | 7                                                              |
| 18     | Kerala                     | 7                                                              |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                | -                                                              |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh             | 50                                                             |
| 21     | Maharashtra                | 32                                                             |
| 22     | Manipur                    | 2                                                              |
| 23     | Meghalaya                  | -                                                              |
| 24     | Mizoram                    | 7                                                              |
| 25     | Nagaland                   | 5                                                              |
| 26     | Odisha                     | 4                                                              |
| 27     | Puducherry                 | 4                                                              |
| 28     | Punjab                     | 20                                                             |
| 29     | Rajasthan                  | 14                                                             |
| 30     | Sikkim                     | 1                                                              |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                 | 26                                                             |
| 32     | Tripura                    | 2                                                              |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh              | 72                                                             |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                | 8                                                              |
| 35     | West Bengal                | 6                                                              |
|        | Total                      | 412                                                            |