Lok Sabha Question No. 3152 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Installation of Solar Street Lights
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara, Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3152

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2020

## INSTALLATION OF SOLAR STREET LIGHTS

- +3152. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA

SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL

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

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to install solar street lights in Banswara-Dungarpur and Pryagraj districts in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh respectively;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it is likely to be installed;
- (c) whether solar street lights are proposed to be installed in the said districts under Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) phase-2 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the total funds allocated in this regard along with the names of the country through which the said work is being executed in the said districts;
- (e) the time by which the said work is likely to be completed; and
- (f) whether any committee has been constituted or officials have been appointed to check the quality of solar street lights installed under the said work and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (f) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme Phase-III and Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) PhaseII for installation of solar street lights in the country.

Off-grid  and  Decentralised  Solar  PV  Applications  Programme  Phase-III  is  a  demand  driven Scheme and the States of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have not submitted any demand under the Scheme.

Under AJAY Phase-II Scheme 1000 nos. of solar street lights are proposed to be installed in each of  the  Lok  Sabha  constituencies  of  Phulpur  and  Prayagraj  covering  Prayagraj  district  of  Uttar Pradesh. Banswara-Dungarpur districts of Rajasthan are not covered under the AJAY Phase-II, as the Scheme covers only aspirational districts of Rajasthan.

For 2000 nos. of solar street lights proposed to be installed under AJAY Phase-II in the Prayagraj district,  75% of the cost of solar street lights  will be met by MNRE and balance 25% will be provided  through  Members  of  Parliament  Local  Area  Development  Scheme  (MPLADS). Installation of solar street lights in the area is being done by M/s Central Electronics Limited and M/s Gautam Solar Private Limited and the work is likely to be completed by 31.03.2020.

The  over  all  AJAY  Phase-II  Scheme  is  being  implemented  by  Energy  Efficiency  Services Limited (EESL), a JV of PSUs of Ministry of Power. Installation work is being monitored by EESL and periodic inspections are conducted by EESL officials. Further, for overall monitoring of the Scheme, an inter-ministerial Committee has been constituted comprising of members from the  Ministry  of  Power,  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  and  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme Implementation.

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