Lok Sabha Question No. 2501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Solar Rooftop Power Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2501

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## SOLAR ROOFTOP POWER GENERATION

## 2501. SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH MS. RAMYA HARIDAS

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of persons, who have installed solar equipment on the roof of their homes and energy likely to be generated as a result thereof, state/UT-wise including Kerala;
- (b) whether there is any subsidy announced by the government to promote residential solar rooftop power generation;
- (c) if so, details thereof; and
- (d) the numbers of beneficiaries who have received the subsidy till date, State/UT-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) to (d) Under Phase II of Grid Connected Rooftop (GCRT) Solar Program, Central Finance Assistance  (CFA)  of  40%  of  the  benchmark  cost  or  tender  cost,  whichever  is  lower  for Residential grid connected systems upto 3 kW and 20% of the benchmark cost or tender cost, whichever is lower for Residential grid connected rooftop system of capacity of more than 3kW and upto 10 kW is provided. For residential GCRT systems above 10 kW the CFA is limited as in cases of 10 kW. The Phase II of GCRT program also provides CFA of 20% of benchmark  cost  or  tender  cost,  whichever  is  lower  for  group  housing  societies/  resident welfare associations for supply of power for common facilities.

As per the data captured on the SPIN portal of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)  79,950  residential  consumers  have  installed  rooftop  solar  of  around  322  MW capacity  as  on  2 nd March  2020  availing  central  financial  assistance  from  MNRE.    It  is estimated that around 483 million units of electricity is generated per year from these GCRT systems with the assumption that one MW of rooftop solar plant generates around 1.5 million unit of electricity per year.  The state wise details of subsidised number of projects and total capacity installation as on 2 nd March 2020 is given in the ANNEXURE .

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## ANNEXURE

| Annexure as referred in reply to part-a to d of Lok Sabha untarred Q. no. 2501 for reply on 5th March 2020   | Annexure as referred in reply to part-a to d of Lok Sabha untarred Q. no. 2501 for reply on 5th March 2020   | Annexure as referred in reply to part-a to d of Lok Sabha untarred Q. no. 2501 for reply on 5th March 2020   | Annexure as referred in reply to part-a to d of Lok Sabha untarred Q. no. 2501 for reply on 5th March 2020   |
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| S. NO.                                                                                                       | State /UTs                                                                                                   | Nos. of total Subsidized installations                                                                       | Subsidized Capacity (MW) in residential sector as on 02.03.2020                                              |
| 1                                                                                                            | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR ISLANDS                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                            | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                               | 1066                                                                                                         | 4.41                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                            | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                            | 1                                                                                                            | 0.01                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                            | ASSAM                                                                                                        | 127                                                                                                          | 0.75                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                            | BIHAR                                                                                                        | 114                                                                                                          | 0.59                                                                                                         |
| 6                                                                                                            | CHANDIGARH                                                                                                   | 1225                                                                                                         | 5.29                                                                                                         |
| 7                                                                                                            | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                            | 0.03                                                                                                         |
| 8                                                                                                            | DADRA and NAGAR HAVELI                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                                            | DAMAN and DIU                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                                           | GOA                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                                           | GUJARAT                                                                                                      | 50915                                                                                                        | 177.67                                                                                                       |
| 12                                                                                                           | HARYANA                                                                                                      | 2675                                                                                                         | 16.11                                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                                           | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                             | 1297                                                                                                         | 6.06                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                           | JAMMU and KASHMIR                                                                                            | 99                                                                                                           | 0.40                                                                                                         |
| 15                                                                                                           | JHARKHAND                                                                                                    | 42                                                                                                           | 0.21                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                           | KARNATAKA                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                           | 0.06                                                                                                         |
| 17                                                                                                           | KERALA                                                                                                       | 2369                                                                                                         | 9.33                                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                                           | LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 19                                                                                                           | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                               | 246                                                                                                          | 1.01                                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                                           | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                                  | 5531                                                                                                         | 30.66                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                           | MANIPUR                                                                                                      | 431                                                                                                          | 1.96                                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                                           | MEGHALAYA                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 23                                                                                                           | MIZORAM                                                                                                      | 265                                                                                                          | 0.91                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                           | NAGALAND                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 25                                                                                                           | NCT OF DELHI                                                                                                 | 257                                                                                                          | 2.96                                                                                                         |
| 26                                                                                                           | ORISSA                                                                                                       | 55                                                                                                           | 0.27                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                           | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                                   | 25                                                                                                           | 0.09                                                                                                         |
| 28                                                                                                           | PUNJAB                                                                                                       | 1270                                                                                                         | 7.31                                                                                                         |
| 29                                                                                                           | RAJASTHAN                                                                                                    | 2272                                                                                                         | 15.58                                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                                           | SIKKIM                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 31                                                                                                           | TAMIL NADU                                                                                                   | 4345                                                                                                         | 9.42                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                           | TELANGANA                                                                                                    | 1621                                                                                                         | 7.83                                                                                                         |
| 33                                                                                                           | TRIPURA                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                            | 0.00                                                                                                         |
| 34                                                                                                           | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                                | 1356                                                                                                         | 7.38                                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                                           | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                                  | 2332                                                                                                         | 15.60                                                                                                        |
| 36                                                                                                           | WEST BENGAL                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                            | 0.02                                                                                                         |
| Total                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                                        | 79950                                                                                                        | 322                                                                                                          |