Lok Sabha Question No. 440 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Use of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO-440

ANSWERED ON-25.03.2021

## USE OF SOLAR ENERGY

- +*440. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT

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

- (a) whether the use of solar energy has increased in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) if not, the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote it during the last three years and the current year?

## 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 (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 440 (20 TH  POSITION) FOR 25.03.2021 REGARDING USE OF SOLAR ENERGY

(a)&(b): Yes, Sir. The installed capacity of solar power has reached 39083.67 MW at the end of February, 2021, which is about 15 times of the capacity of 2632 MW at the  end  of  2013-14.  The  State-wise  details  of  the  grid  connected  solar  power capacity installed in the country, as on 28.02.2021, are given at Annexure.

(c)The Government has undertaken several measures to promote the use of solar energy in the Country. These include:

-   permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent,
-    waiver  of  Inter  State  Transmission  System  (ISTS)  charges  and  losses  for  interstate  sale  of  solar  and  wind  power  for  projects  to  be  commissioned  by  30th  June 2023,
- declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2022,
-  setting  up  of  Ultra  Mega  Renewable  Energy  Parks  to  provide  land    and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis,
-  schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc,
-  laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power,
-  notification of standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices,
- setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments,
-  Standard  Bidding  Guidelines  for  tariff  based  competitive  bidding  process  for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects.
-  Government  has  issued  orders  that  power  shall  be  dispatched  against  Letter  of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.
-  priority sector lending status for loans up to a limit of Rs 30 crore.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 440 FOR 25.03.2021

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED IN THE COUNTRY

(as on 28-02-2021)

| Sr. No   | State/UT          |   Cumulative Capacity installed (in MW) |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                   29.22 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                 3996.5  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                    5.61 |
| 4        | Assam             |                                   42.99 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                  159.51 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |                                   45.16 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |                                  252.48 |
| 8        | Dadar &Nagar      |                                    5.46 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu       |                                   40.55 |
| 10       | Delhi             |                                  192.97 |
| 11       | Goa               |                                    7.44 |
| 12       | Gujarat           |                                 4068.3  |
| 13       | Haryana           |                                  407.83 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   42.73 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                   20.73 |
| 16       | Jharkhand         |                                   48.63 |
| 17       | Karnataka         |                                 7346.84 |
| 18       | Kerala            |                                  257    |
| 19       | Lakshadweep       |                                    0.75 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                 2463.21 |
| 21       | Maharashtra       |                                 2289.97 |
| 22       | Manipur           |                                    6.36 |
| 23       | Meghalaya         |                                    0.12 |
| 24       | Mizoram           |                                    1.53 |
| 25       | Nagaland          |                                    1    |
| 26       | Odisha            |                                  401.72 |
| 27       | Pondicherry       |                                    9.33 |
| 28       | Punjab            |                                  947.1  |
| 29       | Rajasthan         |                                 5472.58 |
| 30       | Sikkim            |                                    0.07 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu        |                                 4403.48 |
| 32       | Telangana         |                                 3936.36 |
| 33       | Tripura           |                                    9.41 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                 1667.5  |
| 35       | Uttarakhand       |                                  353.41 |
| 36       | West Bengal       |                                  149.84 |
| Total    |                   |                                39083.7  |