Lok Sabha Question No. 855 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Solar Power Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Queen Oja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 855

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## SOLAR POWER PROJECTS

## +855. SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA

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

- (a) the number of solar power projects being implemented by the Government for providing electricity to each of the States;
- (b) whether the Government has selected any States for providing electricity through solar power project;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has put North Eastern States including Assam in special category; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a) Solar power projects of total capacity 57705.70 MW have been installed in the country as on 30.6.2022.

(b)&(c) For promotion of solar energy, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy provides financial support under various schemes. This support is available to all States in the country. Also, large gridconnected  solar  power  projects  are  installed  by  private  developers  selected  through  tariff  based competitive bidding. These developers are free to install such projects in the State of their choice. State-wise  details  of  solar  power  projects  installed  in  the  country,  as  on  30.06.2022,  are  at Annexure-I.

(d)&(e) For General category States, under Component-B for installation of standalone solar pumps and under Component-C for solarization of individual grid-connected agriculture pumps under the Pradhan Mantri- Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM- KUSUM) Scheme, Central Financial Assistance (CFA) of 30% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, is provided. However, in North Eastern States including Sikkim and in the States/ UTs of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost or the tender cost, whichever is lower, is provided.

Under Roof-top Solar (RTS) Scheme, for individual households, CFA of upto 40% of the benchmark cost is provided for RTS plants upto 3 kW capacity and upto 20% for RTS plants of capacity beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW. For Group Housing Societies/Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA), CFA is limited to 20% of the benchmark cost for RTS plants of capacity up to 500 kW used for supply of power to common facilities. The above mentioned CFA pattern is same for all States. However, the benchmark  cost  for  the  North-Eastern  States  including  Sikkim,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands is higher compared to other States/UTs. The details of benchmark cost for Financial Year 2021-22 are at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 855 FOR 21.07.2022

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POWER PROJECTS INSTALLED IN THE COUNTRY

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                |   Cumulative Capacity till 30-06-2022 (MW) |
|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar       |                                      29.91 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |                                    4390.48 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                      11.23 |
| 4         | Assam                   |                                     142.94 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |                                     190.69 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |                                      56.85 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |                                     529.32 |
| 8         | Dadar &Nagar            |                                       5.46 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu             |                                      41.01 |
| 10        | Delhi                   |                                     211.12 |
| 11        | Goa                     |                                      21.54 |
| 12        | Gujarat                 |                                    7806.8  |
| 13        | Haryana                 |                                     943.61 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        |                                      80.56 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir         |                                      47.9  |
| 16        | Jharkhand               |                                      88.79 |
| 17        | Karnataka               |                                    7597.92 |
| 18        | Kerala                  |                                     539.6  |
| 19        | Ladakh                  |                                       7.8  |
| 20        | Lakshadweep             |                                       3.27 |
| 21 Madhya | Pradesh                 |                                    2746.27 |
| 22        | Maharashtra             |                                    2753.3  |
| 23        | Manipur                 |                                      12.26 |
| 24        | Meghalaya               |                                       4.16 |
| 25        | Mizoram                 |                                       8.01 |
| 26        | Nagaland                |                                       3.04 |
| 27        | Odisha                  |                                     452.13 |
| 28        | Pondicherry             |                                      35.53 |
| 29        | Punjab                  |                                    1117.99 |
| 30        | Rajasthan               |                                   14454.7  |
| 31        | Sikkim                  |                                       4.69 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu              |                                    5690.79 |
| 33        | Telangana               |                                    4621.07 |
| 34        | Tripura                 |                                      15.87 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh           |                                    2244.56 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand             |                                     573.54 |
| 37        | West Bengal             |                                     176    |
| 38        | Others including NABARD |                                      45.01 |
| Total     | Total                   |                                   57705.7  |

## SYSTEM-WISE BENCHMARK COST OF GRID CONNECTED ROOFTOP SOLAR PROJECTS EXCLUDING GST OF FY 2021-22

## (I) For General Category States/ UTs:

| System Capacity range               |   Up to 1 kW |   > 1 kW upto 2 kW |   >2kW Upto 3kW |   > 3kW upto 10 kW |   >10 kW upto 100 kW |   >100 kW upto 500 kW |
|-------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| Benchmark cost (Rs./kW) without GST |        46923 |              43140 |           42020 |              40991 |                38236 |                 35886 |

## (II) For Other States/UTs (i.e North-Eastern States including Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh,  Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands):

| System Capacity range               |   Up to 1 kW |   > 1 kW upto 2 kW |   >2kW Upto 3kW |   > 3kW upto 10 kW |   >10 kW upto 100 kW |   >100 kW upto 500 kW |
|-------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| Benchmark cost (Rs./kW) without GST |        51616 |              47447 |           46216 |              45087 |                42056 |                 39467 |