Lok Sabha Question No. 4609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Solar Powered Street Lamps
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4609

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## SOLAR POWERED STREET LAMPS

## +4609. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

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

- (a) whether any scheme is being implemented or any kind of assistance is being provided for solar powered street lamps and solar water pumps in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, scheme/assistance-wise; and
- (c) the quantum of funds spent on the said work during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  is  implementing  the  Pradhan Mantri  Kisan  Urja  Suraksha  evam  Utthaan  Mahabhiyan  (PM-KUSUM),  with  provisions  for financial support for installation of 20 lakh standalone solar water pumps under Component-B and solarization of 15 lakh existing grid-connected agriculture pumps, including through feeder level solarisation, under Component-C.

For these components, Government of India provides Central Financial Assistance of 30% of the benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower. In case of North-Eastern States including Sikkim; hilly States of Himachal and Uttarakhand; UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep, higher Central Financial Assistance of 50% of benchmark cost or cost discovered through tender, whichever is lower, is being provided. Installation  of  solar  street  lights  was  carried  out  under  Atal  Jyoti  Yojana  and  Off-grid  and Decentralised  Solar  PV  Application  Programme,  which  have  been  closed  w.e.f.  1.4.2020  and 1.4.2021 respectively.

The state/UT-wise amount of funds released by MNRE as central financial support during last three years and the current year for the above referred schemes are given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to part (c) of the Lok sabha unstarred question no. 4609 for 31.03.2022

## Funds released as central financial support for the schemes related to installation of solar water pumps and solar powered street lamps

| States/UTs                      | Amount released (Rs. Lakh)   | Amount released (Rs. Lakh)   | Amount released (Rs. Lakh)   | Amount released (Rs. Lakh)    | Amount released (Rs. Lakh)   |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| States/UTs                      | FY 2018- 19                  | FY 2019-20                   | FY 2020- 21                  | FY 2021- 22 (as on 15.3.2022) | Total                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 11648                        | 52                           | 10                           | 0                             | 11710                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 0                            | 1701                         | 1976                         | 897                           | 4574                         |
| Assam                           | 0                            | 1575                         | 0                            | 876                           | 2451                         |
| Bihar                           | 526                          | 37                           | 0                            | 0                             | 563                          |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 9113                         | 0                            | 0                            | 0                             | 9113                         |
| Gujarat                         | 0                            | 0                            | 395                          | 0                             | 395                          |
| Haryana                         | 65                           | 0                            | 5133                         | 16111                         | 21309                        |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 1829                         | 809                          | 280                          | 1968                          | 4886                         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                  | 1053                         | 1000                         | 0                            | 2208                          | 4261                         |
| Jharkhand                       | 0                            | 855                          | 1605                         | 0                             | 2460                         |
| Karnataka                       | 1484                         | 1006                         | 629                          | 0                             | 3119                         |
| Kerala                          | 150                          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                             | 150                          |
| Ladakh                          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1241                          | 1241                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 2847                         | 8982                         | 1294                         | 0                             | 13123                        |
| Maharashtra                     | 613                          | 3477                         | 1785                         | 960                           | 6835                         |
| Manipur                         | 0                            | 1261                         | 1903                         | 460                           | 3624                         |
| Meghalaya                       | 157                          | 0                            | 113                          | 0                             | 270                          |
| Mizoram                         | 0                            | 1523                         | 1973                         | 182                           | 3678                         |
| Nagaland                        | 206                          | 1345                         | 1069                         | 0                             | 2620                         |
| Odisha                          | 735                          | 1029                         | 77                           | 13                            | 1854                         |
| Punjab                          | 1323                         | 1223                         | 869                          | 2370                          | 5785                         |
| Rajasthan                       | 3033                         | 8812                         | 5206                         | 12528                         | 29579                        |
| Sikkim                          | 274                          | 0                            | 0                            | 3                             | 277                          |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 0                            | 1919                         | 0                            | 2030                          | 3949                         |
| Telangana                       | 0                            | 0                            | 213                          | 0                             | 213                          |
| Tripura                         | 0                            | 1265                         | 1803                         | 1526                          | 4594                         |
| Uttarakhand                     | 0                            | 1087                         | 294                          | 543                           | 1924                         |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 2554                         | 5705                         | 3364                         | 1429                          | 13052                        |
| Others*                         | 22784                        | 850                          | 462                          | 0                             | 24096                        |
| Total Expenditure (Rs in Lakhs) | 60394                        | 45513                        | 30451                        | 45345                         | 181703                       |