Lok Sabha Question No. 165 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-28
Subject: Generation of Power through Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 165

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2022

## GENERATION OF POWER THROUGH SOLAR ENERGY

- *165. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

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

- (a) the quantum of power generated through solar energy in the country during the last five years;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  large  scale  solar  projects  undertaken  by  the  Government  especially  in Gujarat;
- (c) the amount of expenditure incurred thereon; and
- (d) the total amount of subsidies and incentives provided to the entrepreneurs related to this sector, farmers and common people for using solar energy,  State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 165  FOR  28.07.2022  REGARDING  GENERATION  OF  POWER  THROUGH  SOLAR ENERGY

- (a) Central Electricity Authority has reported that the power generated through solar energy in the country during the  last five years has been  as under:
- (b) As on 30.6.2022, solar power projects of 57.71 GW have been installed in the country, 48.7 GW are under installation and 16.7  GW are under bidding ,   totaling 123.1  GW.   Total   installed solar  capacity in Gujarat is 7.81 GW and 6.1GW is under installation.
- (c)  Most  of  the  solar  power  projects  are  installed  by  private  sector  developers  and  as  per  the normative cost of Rs. 4.5 Crore per MW, an expenditure of approximately Rs. 2.60 lakh crore has been incurred on solar installations of capacity 57.71 GW.
- (d) State-wise details of funds released under various solar schemes of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) during the last three years are given at Annexure .

| Year    |   Electricity from Solar energy (in MU) |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                 25871.1 |
| 2018-19 |                                 39268.2 |
| 2019-20 |                                 50131.1 |
| 2020-21 |                                 60402.3 |
| 2021-22 |                                 73483.9 |

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## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 165 FOR 28.07.2022

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED UNDER VARIOUS SOLAR SCHEMES OF MNRE DURING LAST THREE YEARS (Rs. in Crore)

|   S.No. | State             |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |    194.04 |     51.49 |     10.48 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |     17.01 |     19.76 |     10.54 |
|       3 | Andaman & Nicobar |      6.77 |      0.35 |     37.97 |
|       4 | Assam             |     33.07 |      0    |      9.19 |
|       5 | Bihar             |      1.38 |      2.93 |      0    |
|       6 | Chandigarh        |      5.13 |      0.85 |      0    |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh      |     13.45 |      0    |      7.1  |
|       8 | Delhi             |      0.6  |     23.29 |     26.17 |
|       9 | Goa               |      0.5  |      0    |      3.59 |
|      10 | Gujarat           |     81.19 |    101.3  |   1242.71 |
|      11 | Haryana           |     22.44 |     65.89 |    175.08 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh  |      8.09 |     23.43 |     33.44 |
|      13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |     16.68 |      4.89 |     42.26 |
|      14 | Jharkhand         |     29.79 |     31.28 |     15.16 |
|      15 | Karnataka         |    219.51 |    160.64 |    141.91 |
|      16 | Kerala            |      0    |     18.46 |     36.34 |
|      17 | Ladakh            |      0    |      0    |     12.41 |
|      18 | Lakshadweep       |      0    |      0    |      0    |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh    |    159.33 |     93.69 |     64.95 |
|      20 | Maharashtra       |    117.32 |    114.48 |     95.16 |
|      21 | Manipur           |     16.86 |     23.06 |     14.89 |
|      22 | Meghalaya         |      3.47 |      1.13 |      0    |
|      23 | Mizoram           |     15.33 |     19.73 |      2.35 |
|      24 | Nagaland          |     13.55 |     10.69 |      5.86 |
|      25 | Odisha            |     30.17 |      4.01 |     33.47 |
|      26 | Puduchchery       |      0.79 |      0    |      0    |

| 27   | Punjab                                                                                |   25.94 |   31.85 |   65.29 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 28   | Rajasthan                                                                             |  213.31 |  668.67 |  305.84 |
| 29   | Sikkim                                                                                |    0    |    0    |    0.03 |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu                                                                            |   29.29 |   86.08 |   60.92 |
| 31   | Telangana                                                                             |   54.5  |   54.03 |   49.11 |
| 32   | Tripura                                                                               |   12.65 |   18.49 |   16.88 |
| 33   | Uttarakhand                                                                           |   24.86 |    8.99 |   28.93 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                         |   92.83 |   68.91 |   46.9  |
| 35   | West Bengal                                                                           |   15.7  |    0    |    0    |
| 36   | Others (CEL,REL, NABARD, Regional Rural Banks, NGOs, etc.) and other Channel Partners |  115.61 |  145.91 |   38.99 |
|      | Total                                                                                 | 1591.15 | 1854.28 | 2633.92 |