Lok Sabha Question No. 3746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Policy for Promotion of Renewable Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3746

ANSWERED ON-18.03.2021

## POLICY FOR PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

## 3746. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL

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

- (a) The details of policy formulated for the promotion of renewable energy in view of the power crisis in various States of the country;
- (b) The details of the works undertaken by the State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) in the field of renewable energy sector in rural areas; and
- (c) The details of the achievement made thereof , 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)  There  is  no  shortage  of  electricity  generation  capacity  in  the  country.  However, Government has undertaken several policy, regulatory and financial measures for promotion of  renewable  energy  in  the  country.  These  include  performance  based  incentives  to  the distribution  companies  for  roof-top  Solar  PV  systems;  creation  of  Payment  Security Mechanism; wind-solar hybrid policy; waiver of inter-state transmission charges and losses for  solar  and  wind  projects  to  be  commissioned  up  to    June  30,  2023;  schemes  for  grid connected  Solar  PV  Power  Projects;  Pradhaan  Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM KUSUM) for de-deiselizing the farm sector, increasing farmers' income, providing farmers energy and water security and curbing environmental pollution; guidelines for transparent tariff based bidding for solar and wind power projects; permitting up to 100 per  cent  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  under  the  automatic  route;  and  priority  sector lending status for loans up to a limit of Rs 30 crore.

(b)&(c) State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) for renewable energy implement programmes and schemes of the Government of India and State Governments in the respective States/UTs, including in rural areas.

The State-wise details of grid interactive renewable power installed capacity and Decentralised/Off-Grid Renewable Energy Systems/Devices are enclosed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

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## Annexure-I referred to in Parts (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 3746 to be answered on 18/03/2021

| State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   | State-wise installed capacity of Grid Interactive Renewable Power as on 28.02.2021.   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                | STATES / Uts                                                                          |                                                                                       | Wind Power                                                                            |                                                                                       | Bio-Power                                                                             |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Solar Power                                                                           | Solar Power                                                                           | Solar Power                                                                           |                                                                                       |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Small Hydro Power                                                                     |                                                                                       | BMPower/Bagasse Cogen.                                                                | BMCogen. (Non-Bagasse)                                                                | Waste to Energy                                                                       | Bio Power Total                                                                       | Ground Mounted                                                                        | Roof Top                                                                              | Total                                                                                 | Total Capacity                                                                        |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  | (MW)                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                        | 162.11                                                                                | 4096.65                                                                               | 378.10                                                                                | 105.57                                                                                | 23.16                                                                                 | 506.83                                                                                | 3858.24                                                                               | 138.26                                                                                | 3996.50                                                                               | 8762.09                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                     | 131.105                                                                               |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 1.27                                                                                  | 4.34                                                                                  | 5.61                                                                                  | 136.72                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                     | Assam                                                                                 | 34.11                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 2.00                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 2.00                                                                                  | 10.67                                                                                 | 32.32                                                                                 | 42.99                                                                                 | 79.10                                                                                 |
| 4                                                                                     | Bihar                                                                                 | 70.70                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 112.50                                                                                | 12.20                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 124.70                                                                                | 138.93                                                                                | 20.58                                                                                 | 159.51                                                                                | 354.91                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                     | Chhatisgarh                                                                           | 76.00                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 242.40                                                                                | 2.50                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 244.90                                                                                | 222.64                                                                                | 29.84                                                                                 | 252.48                                                                                | 573.38                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                     | Goa                                                                                   | 0.05                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.34                                                                                  | 0.34                                                                                  | 0.95                                                                                  | 6.49                                                                                  | 7.44                                                                                  | 7.83                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                     | Gujarat                                                                               | 78.94                                                                                 | 8306.42                                                                               | 65.30                                                                                 | 12.00                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 77.30                                                                                 | 3125.17                                                                               | 943.13                                                                                | 4068.30                                                                               | 12530.96                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                     | Haryana                                                                               | 73.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 121.40                                                                                | 89.26                                                                                 | 1.20                                                                                  | 211.86                                                                                | 130.80                                                                                | 277.03                                                                                | 407.83                                                                                | 693.19                                                                                |
| 9                                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                      | 936.11                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 9.20                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 9.20                                                                                  | 24.00                                                                                 | 18.73                                                                                 | 42.73                                                                                 | 988.04                                                                                |
| 10                                                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                        | 185.98                                                                                |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 8.49                                                                                  | 12.24                                                                                 | 20.73                                                                                 | 206.71                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                             | 4.05                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  | 19.05                                                                                 | 29.58                                                                                 | 48.63                                                                                 | 56.98                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                             | 1280.73                                                                               | 4912.60                                                                               | 1867.10                                                                               | 20.20                                                                                 | 1.00                                                                                  | 1888.30                                                                               | 7091.75                                                                               | 255.10                                                                                | 7346.85                                                                               | 15428.48                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                | 230.02                                                                                | 62.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 2.27                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 2.27                                                                                  | 150.00                                                                                | 107.00                                                                                | 257.00                                                                                | 551.79                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                        | 99.71                                                                                 | 2519.89                                                                               | 92.50                                                                                 | 14.85                                                                                 | 15.40                                                                                 | 122.75                                                                                | 2386.31                                                                               | 76.91                                                                                 | 2463.22                                                                               | 5205.57                                                                               |
| 15                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                           | 379.58                                                                                | 5000.33                                                                               | 2568.00                                                                               | 16.40                                                                                 | 12.59                                                                                 | 2596.99                                                                               | 1642.24                                                                               | 647.73                                                                                | 2289.97                                                                               | 10266.87                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                    | Manipur                                                                               | 5.45                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 6.36                                                                                  | 6.36                                                                                  | 11.81                                                                                 |
| 17                                                                                    | Meghalaya                                                                             | 32.53                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 13.80                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 13.80                                                                                 | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.12                                                                                  | 0.12                                                                                  | 46.45                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                               | 36.47                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.10                                                                                  | 1.43                                                                                  | 1.53                                                                                  | 38.00                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                    | Nagaland                                                                              | 30.67                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 1.00                                                                                  | 1.00                                                                                  | 31.67                                                                                 |
| 20                                                                                    | Odisha                                                                                | 88.63                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 50.40                                                                                 | 8.82                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 59.22                                                                                 | 383.56                                                                                | 18.16                                                                                 | 401.72                                                                                | 549.57                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                | 173.55                                                                                |                                                                                       | 299.50                                                                                | 173.95                                                                                | 10.75                                                                                 | 484.20                                                                                | 828.58                                                                                | 118.52                                                                                | 947.10                                                                                | 1604.85                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                             | 23.85                                                                                 | 4326.82                                                                               | 119.25                                                                                | 2.00                                                                                  |                                                                                       | 121.25                                                                                | 5053.58                                                                               | 419.00                                                                                | 5472.58                                                                               | 9944.50                                                                               |
| 23                                                                                    | Sikkim                                                                                | 52.11                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.07                                                                                  | 0.07                                                                                  | 52.18                                                                                 |
| 24                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                            | 123.05                                                                                | 9431.54                                                                               | 969.10                                                                                | 43.55                                                                                 | 6.40                                                                                  | 1019.05                                                                               | 4090.15                                                                               | 313.33                                                                                | 4403.48                                                                               | 14977.12                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                             | 90.87                                                                                 | 128.10                                                                                | 158.10                                                                                | 2.00                                                                                  | 45.80                                                                                 | 205.90                                                                                | 3784.27                                                                               | 152.09                                                                                | 3936.36                                                                               | 4361.23                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                               | 16.01                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 5.00                                                                                  | 4.41                                                                                  | 9.41                                                                                  | 25.42                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                         | 49.10                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 1957.50                                                                               | 159.76                                                                                |                                                                                       | 2117.26                                                                               | 1410.25                                                                               | 257.25                                                                                | 1667.50                                                                               | 3833.86                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                           | 214.32                                                                                |                                                                                       | 72.72                                                                                 | 57.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 130.22                                                                                | 239.78                                                                                | 113.63                                                                                | 353.41                                                                                | 697.95                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                           | 98.50                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 300.00                                                                                | 19.92                                                                                 |                                                                                       | 319.92                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                | 49.84                                                                                 | 149.84                                                                                | 568.26                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                    | Andaman &Nicobar                                                                      | 5.25                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 24.63                                                                                 | 4.59                                                                                  | 29.22                                                                                 | 34.47                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                    | Chandigarh                                                                            |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 6.34                                                                                  | 38.82                                                                                 | 45.16                                                                                 | 45.16                                                                                 |
| 32                                                                                    | Dadar &Nagar Haveli                                                                   |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 2.49                                                                                  | 2.97                                                                                  | 5.46                                                                                  | 5.46                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                    | Daman &Diu                                                                            |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 10.15                                                                                 | 30.40                                                                                 | 40.55                                                                                 | 40.55                                                                                 |
| 34                                                                                    | Delhi                                                                                 |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 52.00                                                                                 | 52.00                                                                                 | 8.96                                                                                  | 184.01                                                                                | 192.97                                                                                | 244.97                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                    | Lakshwadeep                                                                           |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.75                                                                                  | 0.00                                                                                  | 0.75                                                                                  | 0.75                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                    | Pondicherry                                                                           |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 0.03                                                                                  | 9.30                                                                                  | 9.33                                                                                  | 9.33                                                                                  |
| 37 Others                                                                             |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 4.30                                                                                  |
| Total                                                                                 | (MW)                                                                                  | 4783.06                                                                               | 38789.15                                                                              | 9373.87                                                                               | 772.05                                                                                | 168.64                                                                                | 10314.56                                                                              | 34759.13                                                                              | 4324.58                                                                               | 39083.71                                                                              | 92970.48                                                                              |

## Annexure-II referred to in Parts (b) and (c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 3746 to be answered on 18/03/2021

| S.No.   | STATES / UT       | Waste to   | Solar Photovoltaic   | (SPV)   | Systems   | Solar Photovoltaic   | Solar Photovoltaic   | SPV   |
|---------|-------------------|------------|----------------------|---------|-----------|----------------------|----------------------|-------|
|         |                   | Energy     | SLS                  | HLS     | SL        | Lighting             | PP                   | Pumps |
|         |                   |            |                      |         |           | Total                |                      |       |
|         |                   |            |                      |         |           |                      |                      | (Nos) |
|         |                   | (MW)       |                      |         |           |                      |                      |       |
|         |                   |            |                      |         |           |                      | (kWp)                |       |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 28.38      | 15795                | 22972   | 77803     | 116570               | 3815.60              | 34045 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |            | 13741                | 35065   | 125581    | 174387               | 963.20               | 22    |
| 3       | Assam             |            | 17384                | 46879   | 647761    | 712024               | 1605.00              | 45    |
| 4       | Bihar             | 1          | 47152                | 12303   | 1735227   | 1794682              | 6800.00              | 2813  |
| 5       | Chhatisgarh       | 0.41       | 3730                 | 42232   | 3311      | 49273                | 31372.90             | 61970 |
| 6       | Goa               |            | 707                  | 393     | 1093      | 2193                 | 32.72                | 15    |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 22.58      | 5004                 | 9253    | 31603     | 45860                | 13576.60             | 11577 |
| 8       | Haryana           | 4.89       | 34625                | 56727   | 93853     | 185205               | 2321.25              | 8461  |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 1          | 92500                | 22592   | 33909     | 149001               | 1905.50              | 24    |
| 10      | Jammu &Kashmir    |            | 24904                | 144316  | 51224     | 220444               | 8129.85              | 39    |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |            | 13916                | 9450    | 790515    | 813881               | 3769.90              | 4832  |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 13.62      | 5069                 | 52638   | 7781      | 65488                | 7854.01              | 7476  |
| 13      | Kerala            | 0.23       | 1735                 | 41912   | 54367     | 98014                | 16078.39             | 818   |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    | 4.9        | 14258                | 7920    | 529101    | 551279               | 3654.00              | 24684 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 35.16      | 10420                | 3497    | 239297    | 253214               | 3857.70              | 11315 |
| 16      | Manipur           |            | 22367                | 24583   | 9058      | 56008                | 1580.50              | 40    |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |            | 5800                 | 14874   | 40750     | 61424                | 2004.00              | 19    |
| 18      | Mizoram           |            | 10117                | 12060   | 107217    | 129394               | 3864.60              | 37    |
| 19      | Nagaland          |            | 15125                | 1045    | 6766      | 22936                | 1506.00              | 3     |
| 20      | Orissa            |            | 17955                | 5274    | 99843     | 123072               | 2191.51              | 9661  |
| 21      | Punjab            | 7.45       | 43448                | 8626    | 17495     | 69569                | 2066.00              | 4970  |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 3.83       | 7114                 | 187968  | 225851    | 420933               | 30449.00             | 55195 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |            | 504                  | 15059   | 23300     | 38863                | 850.00               | 0     |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        | 20.86      | 40324                | 298641  | 16818     | 355783               | 13052.60             | 6394  |
| 25      | Telangana         | 4.59       | 2208                 | 0       | 12000     | 14208                | 7450.00              | 424   |
| 26      | Tripura           |            | 6887                 | 32723   | 288941    | 328551               | 867.00               | 214   |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     | 58.84      | 291392               | 235909  | 2351205   | 2878506              | 10638.31             | 30847 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       | 9.22       | 34218                | 91595   | 163386    | 289199               | 4059.53              | 26    |

| 29   | West Bengal         | 1.17   |   15605 |   145332 |   17662 |   178599 |   1730.00 |    653 |
|------|---------------------|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|-----------|--------|
| 30   | Andaman &Nicobar    |        |    1135 |      468 |    6296 |     7899 |       167 |      5 |
| 31   | Chandigarh          |        |     901 |      275 |    1675 |     2851 |       730 |     12 |
| 32   | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |        |       0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu          |        |       0 |        0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |      0 |
| 34   | Delhi               |        |     301 |        0 |    4807 |     5108 |      1269 |     90 |
| 35   | Lakshwadeep         |        |    4465 |      600 |    5289 |    10354 |      2190 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry          |        |     417 |       25 |    1637 |     2079 |       121 |     21 |
| 37   | Others*             |        |    9150 |   140273 |  125797 |   275220 |     23885 |   4621 |
|      | Total               | 218.13 |  830373 |  1723479 | 7948219 | 10502071 |    216408 | 281368 |