Lok Sabha Question No. 233 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-09
Subject: Subsidy for Solar System for Irrigation
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 233

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE   9 TH  JULY, 2019

## SUBSIDY FOR SOLAR SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION

- *233.     SHRI BHAGIRATH CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  introduced  any  scheme  to  provide  solar  system  on subsidy for the irrigation purpose to the farmers;
- (b) if so, the details and the current status thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set any targets to provide solar system on subsidy for the irrigation purpose to the farmers during the last two years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Rajasthan; and
- (e) whether the Government has fixed any guidelines and formulated any action plan to implement the said scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

(SHRI NARENDRA  SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 233  DUE FOR REPLY ON 9 TH  JULY, 2019.

(a) to (c) &(e): Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), has launched a scheme for  assisting  farmers  for  installation  of  solar  pumps  and  grid  connected  solar  and  other renewable power plants in the country on 08.03.2019. The scheme aims to add solar and other  renewable  capacity  of  25,750  MW  by  2022 with  total  central  financial  support of Rs. 34,422 Crore including service charges to the implementing agencies.

The following components of the scheme are related to solar energy based irrigation:

- (i) Installation of 17.50 lakh standalone Solar Powered Agriculture Pumps  of aggregate capacity of 8250 MW owned by farmers.
- (ii) Solarisation  of  10  Lakh  Grid-connected  Solar  Powered  Agriculture  Pumps  of aggregate capacity of 7500 MW owned by farmers.

Under the Scheme, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of 30% of the benchmark cost or  the  tender  cost,  whichever  is  lower  of  the  stand-alone  solar  agriculture  pump  or  the solarisation  cost  of  existing  grid-connected  agricultural  pumps  is  provided.  The  State Government gives a subsidy of 30%, and the remaining 40% is contributed by the farmer. Bank finance may be made available for farmer's contribution, so that farmer has to initially pay only 10% of the cost and remaining up to 30% of the cost as loan.

The guidelines for implementation of the Scheme are under preparation.

(d): Previously  under  Phase-II  of  Off-grid  and  Decentralized  Solar  Photovoltaic  (PV) Applications Scheme, MNRE had sanctioned 96,376 nos. of standalone solar pumps during the  period  2017-18  to  2018-19.  State-wise  details  of  pumps  sanctioned  in  the  States including Rajasthan is annexed.

## Annexure

## Annexure to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 233 to be answered on 09.07.2019 State-wise details of pumps sanctioned during 2017-18 to 2018-19

| State             |   Standalone solar pumps sanctioned |
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                               15000 |
| Bihar             |                                3300 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                               15000 |
| Gujarat           |                                5000 |
| Jharkhand         |                                2000 |
| Karnataka         |                                1500 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                               14000 |
| Maharashtra       |                                8000 |
| Orissa            |                                1500 |
| Punjab            |                                2556 |
| Rajasthan         |                                7500 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                1000 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                               20000 |
| Andaman & Nicobar |                                  20 |
| Total             |                               96376 |

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