Lok Sabha Question No. 361 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Solar Street Lights
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO -361

TO BE ANSWERED ON -18.07.2019

## SOLAR STREET LIGHTS

## *361. SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI

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

- (a) whether the Government has laid down any procedure for installation of solar street lights and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  number  of  solar  street  lights  installed  in  Uttar  Pradesh  during 2015-2019 along with the details of proposed installation in future; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  procedures/processes  involved  for  installation  of solar street lights in the villages?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C)  FOR  NEW  &  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND POWER  AND  MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  & ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED Q. NO. 361 FOR 18.07.2019 REGARDING SOLAR STREET LIGHTS

(a) to (c) The solar street lights (SSLs) are being installed in States/UTs under various Central and  States  Government  Schemes.    The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  is implementing the  following Schemes for installation of Solar Street Lights  in the country:

a) Off-grid and Decentralised Solar PV Applications Programme: Phase-II and Phase-III

- b) Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) Scheme: Phase-I and Phase-II

Under  Off-grid  and  Decentralised  Solar  PV  Applications  Programme  of  MNRE,  solar  street lights are allocated to various States/UTs based on their demand and capacity available under the Scheme. Under this Programme Central Financial Assistance is made available up to 30% of the benchmark cost for General Category States and up to 90% of the benchmark cost for Special Category States. Centralised tender through Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a Joint Venture  of  PSUs  under  the  Ministry  of  Power,  has  been  called  for  selection  of  vendors  for supply  and  installation  of  SSLs  for  Phase-III  of  the  Programme  as  per  the  specifications approved by MNRE. The installation of SSLs in the villages at the State level will be supervised by the respective State Nodal Agencies being Implementing Agencies.

In the Phase-II of the Programme, the tender for supply and installation of SSLs were called and finalised by the respective State Nodal  Agencies,  which are also the supervising and Implementing Agencies.

Atal Jyoti Yojana (AJAY) Phase-I & Phase-II are also being implemented by EESL. The Phase-I Scheme was implemented in the States of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh and  had  provision  for  installation  of  up  to  2000  SSLs  in  each  Parliamentary  Constituency  of these  States.  Under  the  Phase-I  Scheme,  75%  cost  of  the  SSLs  was  provided  by  MNRE  and balance  25%  was  met  from  concerned  Member  of  Parliament's  MP  Local  Area  Development Scheme (MPLADS) Fund. Centralised tendering was done by EESL for selection of vendors for supply and installation of Solar Street Lights  and the SSLs were installed on receipt of consent and village list from Hon'ble Member of Parliament from concerned Parliamentary Constituency and sanction letter under MPLADS Fund from the concerned District Administration.

Under Phase-II of Atal Jyoti Yojana, the procedure adopted is the same as in Phase-I. However Phase-II is being implemented in Parliamentary Constituencies of following States/UTs:

- i. States  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Odisha  and  Assam,  which  were  covered  in Phase-I of the Scheme as there is additional demand in these States.
- ii. Hilly States of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
- iii. North Eastern States including Sikkim.
- iv. Islands of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep.
- v. Parliamentary constituencies covering 48 aspirational districts of States other than those covered in (i) to (iv) above.

As reported by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, a total of 1,79,919 numbers of SSLs were installed in the State during the period 1 st April 2015 to 31 st March 2019 under various Central and States Government Schemes. It has been further reported that the State Government has set a target of installing 16,535 numbers of SSLs during the year 2019-20. In addition, under Phase-II of Atal Jyoti Yojana, there is provision of installation of 1000 numbers of SSLs in each of the 80 Parliamentary constituencies of the State.

MNRE  has  prescribed  following  specifications  for  different  models  of  SSLs  for  installation under MNRE Schemes and Programmes:

- (i) Model-I: 7 Watt LED, 40 Watt solar panel and lead acid battery, operating at full brightness from dusk to dawn
- (ii) Model-II: 7  Watt  LED,  30  Watt  solar  panel  and  lead  acid  battery,  operating  at full brightness for first four hours and lower brightness for rest of the time from dusk to dawn
- (iii) Model-III: 7 Watt LED, 40 Watt solar panel and lithium ferro-phosphate battery, operating at full brightness from dusk to dawn
- (iv) Model-IV: 7 Watt LED, 30 Watt solar panel and lithium ferro-phosphate battery, operating at full brightness for first four hours and lower brightness for rest of the time from dusk to dawn
- (v) Model-V: 12 Watt LED, 75 Watt solar panel and lithium ferro-phosphate battery, operating at full brightness for first four hours and lower brightness for rest of the time from dusk to dawn