Lok Sabha Question No. 2624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Solar Cities
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2624

ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## SOLAR CITIES

## 2624. DR. TALARI RANGAIAH

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to develop solar cities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of such cities planned in the country, State-wise including Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) 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. 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.  Funds  available  under  different  schemes  can  be  utilised  for  development  of  Solar Cities. 24 States /UTs have identified cities in this regard. The list of the identified cities is placed at Annexure . MNRE has not  received the name of city identified by the state of Andhra Pradesh to be developed as Solar city.

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Annexure referred to part (c) of the Lok sabha unstarred question no. 2624 on Solar Cities for 17.03.2022

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

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