Lok Sabha Question No. 4829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Development of Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4829

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR CITIES

4829. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR SHRI RAVI KISHAN SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA

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

- (a) whether the Government has initiated development of at least one city in each of the States of the country as solar city;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said proposal is likely to be implemented;
- (c) the details of cities identified for implementation of the scheme in each State, district-wise;
- (d) the quantum of funds sanctioned, allocated and released for implementation of the same during the last three years and the current year;
- (e) the details of the action plan formulated to turn the present cities into solar cities along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government to achieve the said target in time bound manner; and
- (f) whether the State Governments have been asked to provide a detailed report for implementation of the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (f) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has requested each State /Union Territory  to  select  at-least  one  city  to  be  developed  as  solar  city.  So  far  24  States  /UTs  have identified cities in this regard. The list of the identified cities is placed at Annexure.

There is no separate scheme for solar cities and funds available under different schemes are to be utilised for development of solar cities.

A Concept Note on developing solar city was circulated to the States/UTs with a request to finalise an action plan for development of the identified cities as solar cities and implement the plan in a time bound manner.

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## Annexure referred to part (a) to (f)of the Lok sabha unstarred question no. 4829 for 31.03.2022

## List of cities identified by States/UTs to be developed as Solar Cities

|   S. No. | State/UT                                 | District               | Identified cities by States/UTs               |
|----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Assam                                    | Majuli                 | Majuli District                               |
|        2 | Bihar                                    | Gaya,Nalanda, Vaishali | Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Vaishali                   |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh                             | Raipur                 | New Raipur                                    |
|        4 | Delhi                                    | New Delhi              | NDMC                                          |
|        5 | Gujarat                                  | Dwarka                 | Dwarka                                        |
|        6 | Haryana                                  | Panchkula              | Panchkula                                     |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh                         | Shimla                 | Shimla                                        |
|        8 | Jharkhand                                | Giridih                | Giridih                                       |
|        9 | Karnataka                                | Bellary and Bidar      | Hospet city in Bellary and Bidar City         |
|       10 | Kerala                                   | Thiruvananthapuram     | Thiruvananthapuram                            |
|       11 | Madhya Pradesh                           | Raisen                 | Sanchi                                        |
|       12 | Meghalaya                                | West Garo Hills        | TURA Town of West Garo Hills                  |
|       13 | Odisha                                   | Khordha                | Bhubaneswar                                   |
|       14 | Rajasthan                                | Ajmer and Jaisalmer    | Pushkar and Jaisalmer                         |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh                            | Ayodhya and Prayag Raj | Ayodhya and Prayag Raj                        |
|       16 | Uttarakhand                              | Dehradun               | Dehradun                                      |
|       17 | West Bengal                              | Birbhum                | Prantik in Birbhum, Shantiniketan             |
|       18 | Andaman and Nicobar                      | South Andaman          | Shaheed Dweep                                 |
|       19 | Punjab                                   | Amritsar               | Amritsar                                      |
|       20 | Sikkim                                   | South Sikkim District  | Jorethang                                     |
|       21 | Tripura                                  | Gomati                 | Udaipur Town                                  |
|       22 | Mizoram                                  | Saitual                | Saitual                                       |
|       23 | Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Diu and Daman          | Diu city , Diu and Damanwada Panchayat, Daman |
|       24 | Goa                                      | North Goa              | Panjim                                        |