Lok Sabha Question No. 1680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-29
Subject: Akshay Urja Shops
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Queen Oja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1680

ANSWERED ON-29/07/2021

## AKSHAY URJA SHOPS

1680. SHRI  RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA

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

- (a)    whether the Government proposes to set up 'Akshay Urja Shops' across the country;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof indicating the number of 'Akshay Urja Shops' across the country so far, State/ UT-wise including Haryana, Bihar and Assam; and
- (c)   the steps taken by the Government to expand network of 'Akshay Urja Shops' by encouraging private entrepreneurs and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to set up and operate such shops in all the districts of the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c)Currently, Government is not running any scheme to set up Akshay Urja Shops in the  country.  However,  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  was  earlier promoting establishment of Akshay Urja Shops in major cities of the country with a view to cover sales and services of all renewable energy devices and systems in all districts of the country. The implementation of the scheme was reviewed by the Ministry and it was decided to discontinue the scheme beyond 12 th Plan period. Before, discontinuation of the Scheme, total 412 Akshay Urja Shops were sanctioned by MNRE. State/UT wise numbers of Akshay Urja Shops sanctioned by the Ministry, including the States of Haryana, Bihar and Assam are given in the Annexure .

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## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK

## SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1680 FOR 29.07.2021

## State/UT wise Akshay Urja Shops

| S.NO   | States / UTs                       | No. of Districts where Akshay Urja Shops has been sanctioned   |
|--------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 2                                                              |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh including Telangana | 21                                                             |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                  | -                                                              |
| 4      | Assam                              | 8                                                              |
| 5      | Bihar                              | 33                                                             |
| 6      | Chandigarh                         | 1                                                              |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                       | 13                                                             |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                | -                                                              |
| 9      | Daman &Diu                         | -                                                              |
| 10     | Delhi                              | -                                                              |
| 11     | Goa                                | 2                                                              |
| 12     | Gujarat                            | 8                                                              |
| 13     | Haryana                            | 18                                                             |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh                   | 5                                                              |
| 15     | Jharkhand                          | 24                                                             |
| 16     | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 10                                                             |
| 17     | Karnataka                          | 7                                                              |
| 18     | Kerala                             | 7                                                              |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                        | -                                                              |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                     | 50                                                             |
| 21     | Maharashtra                        | 32                                                             |
| 22     | Manipur                            | 2                                                              |
| 23     | Meghalaya                          | -                                                              |
| 24     | Mizoram                            | 7                                                              |
| 25     | Nagaland                           | 5                                                              |
| 26     | Odisha                             | 4                                                              |
| 27     | Puducherry                         | 4                                                              |
| 28     | Punjab                             | 20                                                             |
| 29     | Rajasthan                          | 14                                                             |
| 30     | Sikkim                             | 1                                                              |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                         | 26                                                             |
| 32     | Tripura                            | 2                                                              |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh                      | 72                                                             |
| 34     | Uttarakhand                        | 8                                                              |
| 35     | West Bengal                        | 6                                                              |
|        | Total                              | 412                                                            |