Lok Sabha Question No. 1747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Solar Charkha Clusters Project
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1747 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## SOLAR CHARKHA CLUSTERS PROJECT

## 1747. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of the Solar Charkha Clusters Project implemented across the country;
- (b) the  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  to  complete  the project;
- (c) the details and the number of companies that are involved in the project; and
- (d) the roadmap and timeline for completion of the project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NITIN GADKARI)

(a) to(c):      Ministry of MSME launched the 'Mission Solar Charkha (MSC)' in 2018-19 for setting up of 50 Solar Charkha Clusters across the country. Till date, 10 promoter agencies have been selected for implementation of 10 MSC  projects as per the details  given  below alongwith GoI assistance agreed to:

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No   | Name of the cluster                                                      | District &State          | GoI assistance agreed to MSC project   | Total coverage of Artisans (in Nos)   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1        | Shyamsons Trading India Pvt. Ltd.                                        | Lucknow, U.P.            | 377.26                                 | 700                                   |
| 2        | Nandi Khadi Solar Charkha Cluster                                        | Chikkabalapur, Karnataka | 853.49                                 | 2,000                                 |
| 3        | A society for Tribal Rural Including Women &Education (TRIWE), Jagdalpur | Bastar, Chhattisgarh     | 578.49                                 | 1,200                                 |
| 4        | Khadi Gramodyog Vikash Mandal, Budhanpur                                 | Bijnor, U.P.             | 377.26                                 | 700                                   |
| 5        | Mukund Education Society                                                 | Washim, Maharashtra      | 377.26                                 | 700                                   |
| 6        | Marwar Muslim Educational and Welfare Society                            | Jodhpur, Rajasthan       | 959.95                                 | 2,000                                 |
| 7        | Vishwakarma Silk Khadi Weavers Samity                                    | Boudh, Odisha            | 676.25                                 | 1,400                                 |
| 8        | Gujarat State Co-op. Cotton Federation Ltd.                              | Ahmedabad, Gujarat       | 405.45                                 | 1,000                                 |
| 9        | Wardha Kukkutpalan Va Krishi Udyog Sanshodhan Co-operative Society Ltd.  | Wardha, Maharashtra      | 959.50                                 | 2,042                                 |
| 10       | Nadagouda Solar Charkha Cluster                                          | Vijapur, Karnataka       | 867.00                                 | 2,042                                 |
| Total    | Total                                                                    | Total                    | 6,431.91                               | 13,784                                |

- (d): Due  to  various  constraints  and  the  subsequent  Covid-19  pandemic,  the  guidelines were simplified to set up these projects in three years.