Lok Sabha Question No. 2662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Production of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2662

ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## PRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

2662 . SHRI ANTO ANTONY

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to encourage production of solar energy in the country;
- (b) if so, the details of solar energy production in the country during the last three years and the current year, year and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is providing financial assistance/subsidies to enhance the production of solar energy domestically and commercially;
- (d) if so, the details of such assistance provided during the said period, year and Statewise;
- (e) whether the Government is importing solar production units or its components; and (f) if so, the details of such imports that has been taken place in the country during the said period, year and country-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b) Yes, Sir. The Government has taken several measures to encourage production of solar energy in the country. The State-wise details of solar energy production in the country during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure-I .

- (c) Yes, Sir.
- (d) The State-wise details of financial assistance provided for solar energy programmes during the last three years and the current year are given at Annexure-II .
- (e)&(f) The country-wise details of imports of solar units or its components to our country during last three years and the current year are given in Annexure-III .

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) and (b) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2662 FOR 17.03.2022

## State-wise and Year-wise details of Solar  Power Generation during last three years and current year

(All Figures in MU)

| Name of State/UT       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22(Up to January 22) |
|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Chandigarh             |     13.51 |     13.33 |     10.16 |                       12.21 |
| Delhi                  |     10.83 |    136.3  |    189.99 |                      185.76 |
| Haryana                |     72.47 |    125.14 |    162.95 |                      446.94 |
| HP                     |      0    |     11.66 |     36.52 |                       37.09 |
| J & K                  |      0    |      0    |      9.42 |                        1.71 |
| Ladkh                  |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0    |
| Punjab                 |   1492.9  |   1358.22 |   1356.48 |                     1222.03 |
| Rajasthan              |   5109.35 |   7776.56 |  10384.2  |                    12736.3  |
| Uttar Pradesh          |   1235.08 |   1447.05 |   1856.19 |                     2274.16 |
| Uttarakhand            |    318.29 |    341.51 |    329.64 |                      246.3  |
| Northern Region        |   8252.45 |  11209.8  |  14335.6  |                    17162.5  |
| Chhattisgarh           |    335.15 |    326.42 |    370.8  |                      343.54 |
| Gujarat                |   2410.32 |   3631.86 |   4633.81 |                     5345.47 |
| Madhya Pradesh         |   2982.29 |   3496.23 |   4202.03 |                     3177.39 |
| Maharashtra            |   2206.62 |   2372.68 |   3089.46 |                     2583.63 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli |      5.76 |      6.19 |     11.96 |                       38.45 |
| Daman& Diu             |     18.94 |     21.83 |     29.52 |                       29.3  |
| Goa                    |      0    |      0.82 |      1.46 |                       11.8  |
| Western Region         |   7959.08 |   9856.02 |  12339    |                    11529.6  |
| Andhra Pradesh         |   4965.96 |   5855.11 |   6956.1  |                     6335.67 |
| Telangana              |   6312.26 |   6263.92 |   6351.04 |                     5248.6  |
| Karnataka              |   7575.83 |  11221.2  |  13238.9  |                    10613.1  |
| Kerala                 |    110.84 |    143.59 |    275.44 |                      392.66 |
| Tamil Nadu             |   3554.5  |   4946.63 |   6115.48 |                     5785.38 |
| Lakshadweep            |      1.11 |      0.66 |      0.45 |                        0.28 |
| Puducherry             |      2.58 |      4.14 |      6.39 |                       10.2  |
| Southern Region        |  22523.1  |  28435.2  |  32943.8  |                    28385.9  |
| Andaman Nicobar        |     13.86 |     11.6  |     24.82 |                       17.5  |
| Bihar                  |    179.89 |    160.16 |    160.63 |                      130.2  |
| Jharkhand              |     19.15 |     17.47 |     17.16 |                       14.5  |
| Orissa                 |    263.03 |    362.29 |    476.26 |                      476.83 |
| Sikkim                 |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0    |
| West Bengal            |     40.65 |     64.29 |     73.92 |                       77.92 |
| Eastern Region         |    516.57 |    615.81 |    752.78 |                      716.94 |

| Arunachal Pradesh    |     1.20 |     1.60 |     1.54 |     1.39 |
|----------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Assam                |     6.67 |     6.14 |    13.37 |    60.73 |
| Manipur              |     1.88 |     2.63 |     7.71 |     5.45 |
| Meghalaya            |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0.47 |
| Mizoram              |     0.12 |     0.44 |     2.45 |     1.51 |
| Nagaland             |     0    |     0    |     0    |     0    |
| Tripura              |     7.14 |     3.43 |     6.04 |     5.04 |
| North Eastern Region |    17    |    14.24 |    31.11 |    74.59 |
| All India Total      | 39268.2  | 50131.1  | 60402.3  | 57869.5  |

Source: Data from Central Electricity Authority

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2662 FOR 17.03.2022

## STATE-WISE AND YEAR WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER SOLAR PROGRAMMES DURING LAST THREE YEARS AND CURRENT YEAR

(As on 28.02.2022) (Rs. in Crore)

|   S.No. | State             |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |    276.17 |    194.04 |     51.49 |      8.73 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |      0    |     17.01 |     19.76 |      8.97 |
|       3 | Andaman & Nicobar |      0    |      6.77 |      0.35 |      0    |
|       4 | Assam             |      0    |     33.07 |      0    |      8.76 |
|       5 | Bihar             |      5.48 |      1.38 |      2.93 |      0    |
|       6 | Chandigarh        |     18.76 |      5.13 |      0.85 |      0    |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh      |    127.7  |     13.45 |      0    |      7.1  |
|       8 | Delhi             |      0    |      0.6  |     23.29 |     17.24 |
|       9 | Goa               |      0    |      0.5  |      0    |      3.59 |
|      10 | Gujarat           |    417.99 |     81.19 |    101.3  |   1045.18 |
|      11 | Haryana           |     27.5  |     22.45 |     65.89 |    167.38 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh  |     28.05 |      8.09 |     23.43 |     33.44 |
|      13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |     10.53 |     16.68 |      4.89 |     42.26 |
|      14 | Jharkhand         |     33.44 |     29.79 |     31.28 |     15.16 |
|      15 | Karnataka         |     69.52 |    219.51 |    165.87 |    140.5  |
|      16 | Kerala            |      5.5  |      0    |     18.46 |     36.34 |
|      17 | Ladakh            |      0    |      0    |      0    |     12.41 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh    |    132.9  |    159.33 |     93.69 |     64.95 |
|      20 | Maharashtra       |    182.63 |    117.32 |    114.48 |     94.09 |
|      21 | Manipur           |      0    |     16.86 |     23.06 |      9.27 |
|      22 | Meghalaya         |      1.57 |      3.47 |      1.13 |      0    |
|      23 | Mizoram           |      0    |     15.33 |     19.73 |      2.3  |
|      24 | Nagaland          |      6.93 |     13.55 |     10.69 |      0    |
|      25 | Odisha            |     30.76 |     30.17 |      4.01 |     24.39 |
|      26 | Puduchchery       |      0.1  |      0.79 |      0    |      0    |
|      27 | Punjab            |     39.54 |     33.44 |     43.76 |     37.23 |
|      28 | Rajasthan         |    237.01 |    213.31 |    668.67 |    275.09 |
|      29 | Sikkim            |      2.74 |      0    |      0    |      0.03 |

| 30   | Tamil Nadu                                                                            |   42.33 |   29.29 |   86.08 |   60.92 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 31   | Telangana                                                                             |   53.15 |   54.5  |   54.03 |   46.83 |
| 32   | Tripura                                                                               |    0    |   12.65 |   18.49 |   15.26 |
| 33   | Uttarakhand                                                                           |   30.93 |   24.86 |    8.99 |   19.77 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                         |   95.78 |   92.83 |   68.91 |   41.9  |
| 35   | West Bengal                                                                           |   11.28 |   15.7  |    0    |    0    |
| 36   | Others (CEL,REL, NABARD, Regional Rural Banks, NGOs, etc.) and other Channel Partners |  281.07 |  115.61 |  146.78 |   17.14 |
|      | Total                                                                                 | 2169.36 | 1598.66 | 1872.29 | 2256.23 |

## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2662 FOR 17.03.2022

INDIA'S COUNTRY-WISE IMPORT OF SOLAR PRODUCTION UNITS OR ITS COMPONENTS

DURING LAST THREE FINANCIAL YEAR AND CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR (UP-TO JAN'22)

Values are in Million USD.

| ITCHS Code   | COMMODITY   | COUNTRY       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | *2021-22(Upto Jan'22)   |
|--------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|              |             | ANGUILLA      | 0.137115  |           |           |                         |
|              |             | AUSTRALIA     |           |           |           | 0.01                    |
|              |             | AUSTRIA       |           | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00                    |
|              |             | BELGIUM       | 0.00      |           | 0.00      | 0.00                    |
|              |             | CAMBODIA      | 0.43      | 5.97      | 6.69      | 1.72                    |
|              |             | CANADA        | 24.04     | 7.92      | 0.80      | 1.32                    |
|              | SOLAR       | CHAD          |           |           | 0.24      |                         |
|              | CELLS, NOT  | CHILE         |           |           |           | 0.63                    |
| 85414011     | ASSEMBLED   | CHINA P RP    | 1694.04   | 1307.03   | 494.87    | 627.96                  |
|              |             | DENMARK       | 0.00      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | EGYPT A RP    | 0.00      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | FINLAND       |           | 0.00      |           |                         |
|              |             | FRANCE        | 0.01      | 0.00      | 0.06      |                         |
|              |             | GERMANY       | 20.10     | 3.73      | 0.03      | 0.01                    |
|              |             | HONG KONG     | 45.37     | 31.30     | 3.22      | 0.55                    |
|              |             | INDONESIA     |           | 0.11      | 0.01      | 0.78                    |
|              |             | ISRAEL        | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |                         |
|              |             | ITALY         | 0.15      | 0.27      | 0.16      | 0.00                    |
|              |             | JAPAN         | 0.40      | 3.41      | 0.15      | 0.00                    |
|              |             | KENYA         | 0.00      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | KOREA RP      | 10.72     | 1.72      | 0.16      | 0.13                    |
|              |             | LITHUANIA     | 0.09      |           |           | 0.00                    |
|              |             | MALAYSIA      | 15.31     | 3.91      | 7.46      | 19.86                   |
|              |             | MYANMAR       |           | 0.98      | 5.78      | 2.17                    |
|              |             | NETHERLAND    | 0.04      | 0.00      | 0.00      |                         |
|              |             | PHILIPPINES   | 0.01      | 0.04      |           | 0.34                    |
|              |             | POLAND        | 0.00      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | QATAR         | 0.01      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | RUSSIA        |           | 0.02      | 0.04      | 0.00                    |
|              |             | SAUDI ARAB    |           |           | 0.01      |                         |
|              |             | SINGAPORE     | 126.30    | 31.32     | 6.69      | 0.93                    |
|              |             | SPAIN         | 0.00      | 0.18      | 0.10      | 0.01                    |
|              |             | SRI LANKA DSR | 0.25      | 1.28      |           |                         |
|              |             | ST HELENA     | 0.06      |           |           |                         |
|              |             | SWITZERLAND   | 0.03      | 0.00      | 0.01      | 0.01                    |
|              |             | TAIWAN        | 65.58     | 20.97     | 11.28     | 5.48                    |
|              |             | THAILAND      | 55.05     | 120.47    | 18.76     | 16.26                   |
|              |             | TUNISIA       |           | 0.01      |           | 0.00                    |
|              |             | TURKEY        | 0.01      |           | 0.00      |                         |
|              |             | U ARAB EMTS   | 0.86      | 0.43      | 0.00      |                         |

|             | U K             | 0.56    | 0.02    | 0.06    | 0.00   |
|-------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|             | U S A           | 8.20    | 2.57    | 0.03    | 0.08   |
|             | UNSPECIFIED     |         |         | 0.07    |        |
|             | VIETNAM SOC REP | 91.97   | 140.63  | 14.97   | 5.71   |
|             | AUSTRALIA       |         | 0.00    |         |        |
|             | AUSTRIA         | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.01    | 0.00   |
|             | BELGIUM         | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    |        |
|             | CAMBODIA        | 0.03    |         | 0.22    |        |
|             | CANADA          | 0.01    |         | 0.03    | 0.00   |
|             | CHINA P RP      | 4.79    | 52.81   | 1184.18 | 161.94 |
|             | CZECH REPUBLIC  | 0.00    |         |         |        |
|             | DENMARK         | 0.00    | 0.00    |         |        |
|             | FINLAND         |         |         |         | 0.00   |
|             | FRANCE          | 0.00    | 1.95    | 0.00    | 0.01   |
|             | GERMANY         | 5.17    | 4.71    | 6.44    | 3.44   |
| 85414019    | HONG KONG       | 0.04    | 6.20    | 30.16   | 0.66   |
|             | INDONESIA       |         |         | 0.00    |        |
|             | ISRAEL          | 0.00    | 0.01    |         | 0.00   |
|             | ITALY           | 0.04    | 0.11    | 0.03    | 0.02   |
|             | JAPAN           | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.61    | 0.01   |
|             | KOREA RP        | 0.02    | 0.01    | 0.09    | 0.00   |
|             | LITHUANIA       |         | 0.02    | 0.06    |        |
|             | LUXEMBOURG      |         | 0.00    |         |        |
|             | MALAYSIA        | 0.10    | 0.04    | 3.96    | 6.43   |
|             | MEXICO          |         |         | 0.00    |        |
|             | MYANMAR         |         | 0.02    |         |        |
|             | NETHERLAND      | 0.03    | 0.07    | 0.01    |        |
|             | NORWAY          | 0.00    |         |         |        |
|             | PAKISTAN IR     |         |         | 0.02    |        |
|             | PHILIPPINES     | 0.00    | 0.03    | 0.02    | 0.00   |
|             | POLAND          | 0.00    | 0.00    |         |        |
|             | RUSSIA          |         | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00   |
|             | SINGAPORE       | 0.27    | 0.21    | 32.01   | 0.87   |
|             | SPAIN           | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.02   |
|             | SWEDEN          | 0.00    | 0.20    | 0.01    | 0.01   |
|             | SWITZERLAND     | 0.00    |         | 0.04    | 1.91   |
|             | TAIWAN          | 0.02    |         | 0.04    |        |
|             | THAILAND        | 0.01    | 0.06    | 0.76    | 0.05   |
|             | TUNISIA         |         |         | 3.41    |        |
|             | TURKEY          | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00    | 0.00   |
|             | U ARAB EMTS     | 0.02    | 0.00    | 0.01    | 0.01   |
|             | U K             | 0.00    | 0.86    | 0.55    | 0.00   |
|             | U S A           | 0.58    | 8.30    | 4.45    | 0.03   |
|             | UKRAINE         | 0.04    |         |         |        |
|             | VIETNAM SOC REP | 0.87    | 0.76    | 1.38    |        |
| Grand Total |                 | 2171.77 | 1760.72 | 1840.18 | 859.35 |

Note: Data from DG C&IS. *Figures are Provisional and Subject to Change.