Lok Sabha Question No. 699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Solar City
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

## 699. SHRI RAVI KISHAN

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  at  least  one  city  in  each  of  the  States  of  the country as Solar City;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard and the time by which the said proposal is likely to be approved;
- (c) whether the Government has so far identified cities in this regard and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (d)  the details of the funds allocated and released for implementation of the said scheme, Statewise; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  achieve  the  said  target  in  a  time  bound manner?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (e)The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 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 .

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699

ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## SOLAR CITY

Annexure referred to part (c) of the Lok sabha unstarred question no. 699 dated 02.12.2021 on Solar City by Shri Ravi Kishan

|   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                                        |